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minus-squarekuiskaaja@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agotelecom operators in america can terminate your service if you use the wrong phone? wtf?
minus-squareStarDreamer@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoThey were checking against a whitelist of IMEIs to force people to migrate to 5G phones. While my new phone was 5G, it was acquired internationally and thus not on the whitelist. So as soon as it got on the network, the line got terminated.
minus-squarekuiskaaja@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agothat’s nuts. you’re not allowed to use 4g dumb phones???
telecom operators in america can terminate your service if you use the wrong phone? wtf?
They were checking against a whitelist of IMEIs to force people to migrate to 5G phones. While my new phone was 5G, it was acquired internationally and thus not on the whitelist. So as soon as it got on the network, the line got terminated.
that’s nuts. you’re not allowed to use 4g dumb phones???