3G networks will disappear this year — and that’s bad news for your car. Here’s why if you have Navigation/GPS in car
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3G networks will disappear this year — and that’s bad news for your car. Here’s why
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/16/3g-networks-shutting-down-in-2022-could-affect-your-cars-gps.html
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Bad news for those of us with old cell phones too - mine is an older-than-dirt Motorola 755 clamshell flip phone, which is fine since I only need it to make calls, take calls, and take messages mostly if I’m away from the house. Even Verizon (my carrier) has lousy reception in my rural location, we’re retired and home most of the time, so we have a landline plus up-to-date laptops. I’m starting to gather information now on affordable (that’s a joke!) smart cell phones with a reasonably large view screen that is also user friendly. Also I intend to buy it outright rather than make payments since I’m “grandfathered in”, contract expired years ago, and I just pay a monthly statement.
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@dionaea said in 3G networks will disappear this year — and that’s bad news for your car. Here’s why if you have Navigation/GPS in car:
Bad news for those of us with old cell phones too - mine is an older-than-dirt Motorola 755 clamshell flip phone, which is fine since I only need it to make calls, take calls, and take messages mostly if I’m away from the house. Even Verizon (my carrier) has lousy reception in my rural location, we’re retired and home most of the time, so we have a landline plus up-to-date laptops. I’m starting to gather information now on affordable (that’s a joke!) smart cell phones with a reasonably large view screen that is also user friendly. Also I intend to buy it outright rather than make payments since I’m “grandfathered in”, contract expired years ago, and I just pay a monthly statement.
@Dionaea there are many affordable cell phones with 5-6" screens sometimes in the $100 price range on a good deal. Just has to be unlocked and compatible with your carrier. You really do get a lot of bang for you buck given what you can accomplish with a smart phone vs a flip phone. Plus with app savings and other things you may not be taking advantage of now, it helps pay for it over time. I’m a fan of Motorola phones, have found them to be reliable, capable and fairly easy to learn. But that’s one of many brands you can check out.
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Will my old fashioned Garmin and TomTom GPS be affected by this?
I don’t have cell service. I have a smartphone but only use it with wifi for iBotta. I have a landline and DSL internet.
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This has nothing to do with the standard GPS navigation function. GPS uses signals from satellites, not cellphone networks. Traffic and location services are separate.
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@c3 said in 3G networks will disappear this year — and that’s bad news for your car. Here’s why if you have Navigation/GPS in car:
This has nothing to do with the standard GPS navigation function. GPS uses signals from satellites, not cellphone networks. Traffic and location services are separate.
maybe, but the article did mention some models needing software updates, etc with navigation.
