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AT&T shutting down 3G by February 2022, will impact telematics in older BMW models
This supposedly went out to impacted customers today by SMS text:
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BMW did not handle the 2G sunset very well, so it is going to be interesting if they handle the 3G sunset any better.....
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Well the older cars like my e46 actually ran on Verizon cdma, which is shutting down in December of this year.
They stopped allowing sub renewals to Bmw assist about 2 years ago in anticipation. Don’t foresee it being an issue at all. |
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What band(s) are the Gxx M340s, Z4s, etc and such on? 4G only, 3G/4G, 5G capable?
What would it take to retrofit, hypothetically? I'm admittedly not too knowledgeable on what bands BMW uses. |
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G platforms all utilize 4G LTE for data. No BMW car supports 5G yet.
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I believe that all NBT (not NBT-EVO) iDrives are 3G or 4G with no LTE.
LTE is the new minimum for mobile data.....
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The good thing is that none of them will be able to call in and complain about it not working.
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03-16-2020, 09:44 AM | #7 |
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I'm surprised. Often when I drive through highways in the boonies, 3G is all that exists for hours at a time on AT&Ts network. If that goes away, presumably those will just become dead zones.
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