is there some sort of way to request an area for 2G to NOT shut down?

formercanuck wrote:

I know of at least once place on AT&T/Firstnet that still has 3G, and at least one location on T-Mobile that is 2G GPRS only.  

Unless I'm mistaken, 2G on T-Mobile will go dark in April 2024.  AT&T was supposed to have killed on 3G, but I suspect there are a 'few' exceptions, and they are running FirstNet.

Yes, I am also aware that there are very few GPRS-only towers, from voicestream/omnipoint. It is interesting that these legacy towers from decades are ago still up with early versions of 2G but it's very sad that they are being killed in April 2024. There are still "exceptions" for T-Mobile 3G as well that haven't shut down yet (in fact, I lost 3G just a few months ago), but instead of most of them being random, I was hoping one of those areas that made "exceptions" is mine, since I am fond of 2G.

Although chances are slim because in my state there are 2 or 3 other smaller 2G and 3G networks up from local carriers and they want to end roaming agreements as it costs money for T-Mobile.