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 Malaysia Shut Down 3G Network By The End of TBA, Long life 2G

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moonsatelite
post Sep 6 2020, 01:45 PM

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QUOTE(xperiaDROID @ Sep 6 2020, 01:42 PM)
The plan to shutdown 3G is flawed, this dumb government didn't bother to think much of the outcome when coming up with this idea.

Yes, 3G is bound to be retired in the future, but 2021 is too early considering the fact that we have too much issues with our network.

The biggest problem is not all telcos have proper VoLTE support yet (and don't tell me about Celcom because it's only available for iPhones), imagine having to rely on 2G for voice calls, it will affect the usage and probably even the battery life when our phone suddenly switches to 2G.

Another problem is some apps can barely even run on 2G. It's ironic that they encourage people to go cashless and use e wallets but then e wallets will have a hard time loading when running on 2G.

This government is dumb and this plan is flawed and that's a fact.
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Agreed, 2G runs on 2100MHz and 900MHz in Malaysia, they should kill 2G and refarm the 2G spectrum to LTE. Hope for the best that VoLTE is implemented or Forced by the Govt to be implemented nationwide before the death of 3G.
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post Sep 19 2021, 12:58 PM

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QUOTE(Hummingbird @ Sep 19 2021, 12:22 PM)
Fall back to 2G for voice?
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Thats the worst thing that can ever happen, imagine for example, Grab Drivers which are ferrying a customer to a new location which the driver doesn't know/ familiar with and just so happens wife/ kids calls and ask whats for dinner.

4G that drops to 2G for just that stupid call and sometimes is doesnt rebound to 4G and is stuck at 2G, how is the driver gonna navigate via their Turn by Turn Maps Guidance?

Should have a boycott of Celcom which still hasn't enable VoLTE for prepaid users/ legacy plan/ MVNO customers. Wanna do everything at the final moment, lazy asses. Should organize a mass port-out for Celcom customers

Edit: Android users can mitigate this temporarily by locking their devices at 4G mode, but without VoLTE, no calls can be received so they can ve reached via Voip based calls, iPhone users, out of luck.

This post has been edited by moonsatelite: Sep 19 2021, 01:00 PM
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post Nov 15 2021, 08:34 PM

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QUOTE(NagaK @ Nov 15 2021, 08:22 PM)
guessing Maxis shutoff 3G in ipoh (gunung rapat menglembu area) those area indoor coverage always sucks 3G most of times. weekend we travelled there
Proudly maxis stay at E turn on off airplane mode also faced same issues can't browse anything
Where digi luckily didn't fail even tho 4G only gets one bar some time switched to 3G
can't imagine the nightmare from Next year since 3G shutoff Nationwide😣😣
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If you're using an iPhone then you're out of luck, Android users can force lock the phone to be on 4G LTE which I'm gonna do if 3G dies
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post Dec 16 2021, 02:14 PM

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From all these network signal issues, it sounds like iPhone users are screwed/ F&@#*ed as Android users can lock it permanently to LTE only which is what I am doing
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post Dec 21 2021, 07:23 PM

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QUOTE(Sam Leong @ Dec 21 2021, 04:32 PM)
I don't think 2G will be closed within 1 / 2 years because many IoT devices especially POS terminal still using 2G (I saw many POS terminal that accept credit / debit card still using 2G showing EDGE with some carrier , normally Digi / Maxis)
and if 2G closed means Malaysia only have 4G / 5G , i don't think telco want to build tower in places thats doesn't bring profit
then many places especially rural areas get No Service
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Sounds right, but it sounds F-ed up as progress isnt made

 

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