Heads up - the Vodafone 3G network in Australia is turning off permanently on the 15th of December. That's tomorrow! Vodafone has an FAQ page explaining what's going on. One question it doesn't answer is what happens in areas that only have 3G coverage? I presume those areas will be shit out of luck until the spectrum used for 3G is refarmed for LTE and I don't know what the time frame is for that to happen. The lack of 3G also means that 4G/LTE devices that don't support VoLTE (i.e: all iPhones prior to the iPhone 6, plenty of Android phones) will be unable to make or receive phone calls, even to 000 - only data will work. Telstra turns off its 3G network on the 30th of June 2024 and Optus will do the same in September 2024.
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