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Australia To Block Internationally Purchased 4G/5G Phones As Part of 3G Shutdown - Starting 1st Nov (www.youtube.com)

submitted 1 month ago by Gamers_mate to c/austech@aussie.zone

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If your provider is unable to verify VoLTE support for your device, it may be blocked from Australian networks from the 1st of November 2024.

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[–] desktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

seems like an unideal solution that will stop devices that still have uses (old phone as a media player) from being used.

[–] Gamers_mate 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not to mention the E-waste and easily preventable deaths caused by not being able to dial emergency services. This is gross negligence at best and mass murder at worst.

[–] desktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago

emergency services is the only excuse I can think of to justify preventing phones without vo-lte from connecting.

[–] josephb@aussie.zone 2 points 1 month ago

A good summary video.

[–] No1@aussie.zone 2 points 1 month ago

Oh, forgot to mention:

You can SMS 3 to the number 3498 and it will check your device!

[–] No1@aussie.zone 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Australia: "Fuck you, tourists. Your overseas phones don't work here!"

Also, the fact that VoLTE is not truly standardised, and 4G and 5G have no standardised method of calling is just a bad joke.

"Let's have a phone standard without a standard way of phone calls!"