NM_Gringo@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoElon Musk Is Charging Starlink Customers Gigantic Bogus Fees Because Its Network Is Being Crushed by “High Demand”www.yahoo.comexternal-linkmessage-square262linkfedilinkarrow-up1832arrow-down119
arrow-up1813arrow-down1external-linkElon Musk Is Charging Starlink Customers Gigantic Bogus Fees Because Its Network Is Being Crushed by “High Demand”www.yahoo.comNM_Gringo@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square262linkfedilink
minus-squareStarDreamer@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day 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-up1·1 day agothat’s nuts. you’re not allowed to use 4g dumb phones???
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???