<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>brianwawok</author><text>Old Teslas (like 5+ years) will lose net when 3g goes. You can do a computer upgrade but I don’t think it’s cheap ($500-$1500 range offhand)</text></comment>