In the Netherlands they announce that the 2G/3G phone signals will soon not be available anymore. So those old flip phones and burners would not be able to text or call because the network is updated?
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*I asked about this in a local phone store and they told me those old phones can’t be used anymore once they remove 2G/3G from the network to optimise 5G
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I would not put my money on 2G and 3G phone signals being shut off just yet. There are a lot of systems designed to work 20-50 years which depend on 2G and 3G network connectivity which would be very expensive and time consuming to replace. I am sure they will try for a period but might still have to put these cell towers back. As for these old cheap phones they will also be affected by such a disruption in service. You can however get LTE/4G phones for fairly low prices and they would still work.
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