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.

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.

D_G wrote:

syaoran wrote:

D_G wrote:

Irteza Shamsi wrote:

D_G wrote:

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

I know T-Mobile is shutting down 2G on april 2 2024, but I work with old phones a lot and sometimes my area with LTE/5G goes to no service when it gets overloaded, while 2G stays strong since it's not overloaded. I was wondering if there was a thing to request an area to keep 2G alive, just like how they have 3G alive in very few places still. I was wondering if my city or county or some sort of thing near me could keep 2G, and/or other peoples areas as well. I know someone who only gets signal with 2G and no other carrier can get signal, not even T-Mobile LTE or 5G. 
also why is 2G going away in the first place? I can't find any info online and to me it doesn't make sense since other places keep it up for 10+ more years

Sorry, 3G isn’t coming back and 2G is going away.

That's not what I said, I know that. What I said was 3G still exists in a few places and if it's possible for SOME areas to keep 2G on for longer. 

Where 3G still exists, is in places that still require a lot of upgrading.  Those will eventually disappear as well.  2G will still remain in some places as a part of the FirstNet service but that's all.  

Firstnet? So it will be for emergency networks? Also, which places will stay up for a bit if you know? 

FirstNet is a network for first responder communications specifically.  T-Mobile does not publish which places will still have 2G and 3G coverage remaining or a schedule as to when those areas will receive network upgrades.

syaoran wrote:

D_G wrote:

Irteza Shamsi wrote:

D_G wrote:

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

I know T-Mobile is shutting down 2G on april 2 2024, but I work with old phones a lot and sometimes my area with LTE/5G goes to no service when it gets overloaded, while 2G stays strong since it's not overloaded. I was wondering if there was a thing to request an area to keep 2G alive, just like how they have 3G alive in very few places still. I was wondering if my city or county or some sort of thing near me could keep 2G, and/or other peoples areas as well. I know someone who only gets signal with 2G and no other carrier can get signal, not even T-Mobile LTE or 5G. 
also why is 2G going away in the first place? I can't find any info online and to me it doesn't make sense since other places keep it up for 10+ more years

Sorry, 3G isn’t coming back and 2G is going away.

That's not what I said, I know that. What I said was 3G still exists in a few places and if it's possible for SOME areas to keep 2G on for longer. 

Where 3G still exists, is in places that still require a lot of upgrading.  Those will eventually disappear as well.  2G will still remain in some places as a part of the FirstNet service but that's all.  

Firstnet? So it will be for emergency networks? Also, which places will stay up for a bit if you know? 

D_G wrote:

Irteza Shamsi wrote:

D_G wrote:

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

I know T-Mobile is shutting down 2G on april 2 2024, but I work with old phones a lot and sometimes my area with LTE/5G goes to no service when it gets overloaded, while 2G stays strong since it's not overloaded. I was wondering if there was a thing to request an area to keep 2G alive, just like how they have 3G alive in very few places still. I was wondering if my city or county or some sort of thing near me could keep 2G, and/or other peoples areas as well. I know someone who only gets signal with 2G and no other carrier can get signal, not even T-Mobile LTE or 5G. 
also why is 2G going away in the first place? I can't find any info online and to me it doesn't make sense since other places keep it up for 10+ more years

Sorry, 3G isn’t coming back and 2G is going away.

That's not what I said, I know that. What I said was 3G still exists in a few places and if it's possible for SOME areas to keep 2G on for longer. 

Where 3G still exists, is in places that still require a lot of upgrading.  Those will eventually disappear as well.  2G will still remain in some places as a part of the FirstNet service but that's all.  

Irteza Shamsi wrote:

D_G wrote:

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

I know T-Mobile is shutting down 2G on april 2 2024, but I work with old phones a lot and sometimes my area with LTE/5G goes to no service when it gets overloaded, while 2G stays strong since it's not overloaded. I was wondering if there was a thing to request an area to keep 2G alive, just like how they have 3G alive in very few places still. I was wondering if my city or county or some sort of thing near me could keep 2G, and/or other peoples areas as well. I know someone who only gets signal with 2G and no other carrier can get signal, not even T-Mobile LTE or 5G. 
also why is 2G going away in the first place? I can't find any info online and to me it doesn't make sense since other places keep it up for 10+ more years

Sorry, 3G isn’t coming back and 2G is going away.

That's not what I said, I know that. What I said was 3G still exists in a few places and if it's possible for SOME areas to keep 2G on for longer. 

D_G wrote:

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

I know T-Mobile is shutting down 2G on april 2 2024, but I work with old phones a lot and sometimes my area with LTE/5G goes to no service when it gets overloaded, while 2G stays strong since it's not overloaded. I was wondering if there was a thing to request an area to keep 2G alive, just like how they have 3G alive in very few places still. I was wondering if my city or county or some sort of thing near me could keep 2G, and/or other peoples areas as well. I know someone who only gets signal with 2G and no other carrier can get signal, not even T-Mobile LTE or 5G. 
also why is 2G going away in the first place? I can't find any info online and to me it doesn't make sense since other places keep it up for 10+ more years

Sorry, 3G isn’t coming back and 2G is going away.