This is an older article but it’s a good reminder that January 1 of 2017 will be the last drop dead dead for 2G devices. These are devices that use GPRS / Edge connectivity on the AT&T network. The spectrum on the 1900 mhz band and 850 mhz band will be reallocated to LTE . Very old phones will no longer function and some newer phones will have issues on the voice portion of their function. It goes to show you how far behind AT&T was in it’s VOLTE roll out in that in the beginning of 2016 they were still only barely supporting VOLTE and companies like T-Mobile (the first) and ah hem Verizon Wireless (you’re welcome haha) beat good ol T to the punch more than 1 - 2 years ahead of time. Also included are other networks 2 and 3G shutdown schedules, verizon projecting 2021 for full LTE only, T-Mobile pushing out the date to 2020 and Sprint with no idea what so ever when they will be fully LTE. One of the hold ups on the T-Mobile side is how many alarms and vending machines they support on the 2G network. Read more here
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