<story><title>“We&apos;re Shutting Down Our 3G Network”</title><url>https://benergize.com/2021/07/16/were-shutting-down-our-3g-network/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>miked85</author><text>BMW recently sent out an email of impending loss of 3G connectivity.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; &lt;i&gt;The decision to phase out 3G network technology was made at the discretion of the respective cellular carriers and lies beyond the control of BMW. As a result of the sunset of 3G service by wireless carrier partners, by February 2022 your vehicle will no longer be able to receive any ConnectedDrive&amp;#x2F;BMW Assist services, such as BMW Assist eCall, Advanced Real‑Time Traffic Information, Remote Services and BMW Online, depending on your BMW model.&lt;/i&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jimmaswell</author><text>The loss of 3G is going to be an unmitigated disaster it seems. Might even be appropriate for the FCC to step in and force them to keep it up.&lt;p&gt;A lesser loss is that 3G often works in a big crowd where LTE is overloaded. Maybe that&amp;#x27;ll at least change to 5G vs LTE over time.</text></comment>
<story><title>“We&apos;re Shutting Down Our 3G Network”</title><url>https://benergize.com/2021/07/16/were-shutting-down-our-3g-network/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>miked85</author><text>BMW recently sent out an email of impending loss of 3G connectivity.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; &lt;i&gt;The decision to phase out 3G network technology was made at the discretion of the respective cellular carriers and lies beyond the control of BMW. As a result of the sunset of 3G service by wireless carrier partners, by February 2022 your vehicle will no longer be able to receive any ConnectedDrive&amp;#x2F;BMW Assist services, such as BMW Assist eCall, Advanced Real‑Time Traffic Information, Remote Services and BMW Online, depending on your BMW model.&lt;/i&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>toast0</author><text>My 2013 Ford was delivered with a 2G modem, and had a recall to upgrade it to 3G. I guess when that goes offline, the online features will be totally abandoned. The final (presumably) radio firmware already significantly reduced utility of them anyway, the system no longer wakes up for network to car requests, so might as well not make them.</text></comment>