Companies Pile Up Techo Junk

these damn companies like tracfone keeps upgrading network and my old phones wont work and they are locked so theyll all have to be rechcyded or most will

and speakers ..the damn things break where you cant unscrew to do a simple repair of loose wire

sick of it

 

https://www.quora.com/What-cellular-providers-still-support-3G-phones?share=1

i guess 3g still works

 

Funny your topic today... I'm getting a couple sheds tornout that hurrricane Michale took oput,. I can't hardly walk, so I've just found a way. But in there is some old tech, that even the hurricane didn't destroy. Just look at these Kaypro Ms-Dos 3 system disk, in a quad fold 'banker's box' which none of it crushed or wet. All kinds of software and hardward in the mix. 8086's in the lsi style. 16 pin memory chips for populating old memory boards, so 286 and 386 drop-ins. Old stuff...

 

i put on windows 3.1 on a 20 gig drive for the hell of it last month-seldom use it

i have a win xp computer with a 5 inch floppy in it still

 

i think all my virgin phones will still work on boost mobile

 

i guess the old virgin phones dont work

locked phones should be illegal

 

I bought two LG flat 2-1/2" screen phones a few years back on sell for 10$ with chargers aand ear-buds. I figured the accessories worth it, and the phones were StraightTalk so could be activated with a 19$ plan in an emergency. The sT site has plenty of free older phone when bouht wth any plan, so the older phones may still be good for a while.

I saw a comment saying older 2G / 3G CDM networks would be retired on Dec 30 this year but I don't know if that is accurate.

 

I saw a time table today that showed 2/3 of 2G/3G CDMA gone at the end of 2020 and the final 1/3 gone at the end of 2021. The article was saying the frequencies being used by these would be alloted to newer faster services. Kinda like the horse and buggy lanes giving way to the automobiles.

 

but i dont think youre in usa and or if youre on it already it may work...for while longer

 

the cool pad flip phone is nice