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Virgin Media O2 sets out plans for withdrawing 2G service

Enlli — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 11:24:54 GMT

Looks like 2025 is going to prove a very 'interesting' year on the O2 front

https://www.commsbusiness.co.uk/content/news/virgin-media-o2-sets-out-plans-for-withdrawing-2g-service#:~:text=First%20customers%20will%20be%20moved,off%20that%20platform%20in%202025.

What could possibly go wrong...⁴

Re: Virgin Media O2 sets out plans for withdrawing 2G service

madasaf1sh — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 11:53:04 GMT

@Enlli

That is not VMo2 have released at all , think the article has misread the release

https://www.mobilenewscwp.co.uk/News/article/3g-network-shutdown-will-accelerate-4g-5g-expansion-2g-lives

and here

https://news.virginmediao2.co.uk/mobilenetworkevolution/

They are assessing removing it quicker than they have commited to, but no mention in either of those that 2G is been removed next year.. but in fairness 2G is over 20 years old now and needs to be sunsetted

Re: Virgin Media O2 sets out plans for withdrawing 2G service

Enlli — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 12:02:49 GMT

Seems ISPReview has come to the same conclusion

Seems to be based on

"next year we’ll start work to move almost all remaining traffic away from the 2G network."

Re: Virgin Media O2 sets out plans for withdrawing 2G service

Oxonian — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 17:22:51 GMT

ISP Review link here @Enlli :-

Virgin Media O2 Reveals UK Plan for 2G Mobile Switch Off - ISPreview UK

https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2024/07/virgin-media-o2-reveals-uk-plan-for-2g-mobile-switch-off.html

The big difference for O2 when compared to the other networks seems to be the vast number of "things" that are on O2 - they have effectively cornered the marked in security systems and also many smart meters communicate via O2's network.

Re: Virgin Media O2 sets out plans for withdrawing 2G service

bhaskarsamani — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 20:49:21 GMT

What could possibly go wrong...⁴

alot can go wrong

o2 pay as you go customers can't use vo lte and wifi calling

Re: Virgin Media O2 sets out plans for withdrawing 2G service

bhaskarsamani — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 20:52:20 GMT

i had a good point, why was it removed ?

Re: Virgin Media O2 sets out plans for withdrawing 2G service

bhaskarsamani — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 20:56:06 GMT

when 2g is turned off, o2 pay as you go customers can't use vo lte or wifi calling

Re: Virgin Media O2 sets out plans for withdrawing 2G service

jonsie — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 21:02:44 GMT

Neither has ever been available to payandgo customers and still isn't

Re: Virgin Media O2 sets out plans for withdrawing 2G service

madasaf1sh — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 21:07:07 GMT

Ill be blunt - No network gives 2 hoots about PAYG its a loss making service, that is best left to Niche MVNO's such as 1p mobile, asda etc...

O2 dont need to provide any features that make no commercial sense or have any ROI

Re: Virgin Media O2 sets out plans for withdrawing 2G service

bhaskarsamani — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 21:07:30 GMT

that will be a problem when 2g is turned off

Re: Virgin Media O2 sets out plans for withdrawing 2G service

Enlli — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 21:09:09 GMT

PAYG will be a dead duck well before any 2G turn off.

Re: Virgin Media O2 sets out plans for withdrawing 2G service

bhaskarsamani — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 21:17:40 GMT

O2 dont need to provide any features that make no commercial sense or have any ROI

then they should stop selling pay as you go

Re: Virgin Media O2 sets out plans for withdrawing 2G service

MI5 — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 21:27:30 GMT

Anyone else bored with this thread?

Re: Virgin Media O2 sets out plans for withdrawing 2G service

jonsie — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 21:42:03 GMT

More than....

Re: Virgin Media O2 sets out plans for withdrawing 2G service

bhaskarsamani — Wed, 24 Jul 2024 22:07:46 GMT

sky mobile must be making lots of profit on the £2 a month i give them for unlimited minutes and text messages

Re: Virgin Media O2 sets out plans for withdrawing 2G service

madasaf1sh — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 09:26:26 GMT

Sky sell mobile as a big loss leader, as they also flog most of there customer TV and Broadband Services , so they can afford to chuck in a deal of £2 for some minutes and messages..

Bored now of this thread, as its seems to have been hijacked...

@Kei-M_O2 can it be locked please as its lost its initial purpose

Re: Virgin Media O2 sets out plans for withdrawing 2G service

Kei-M_O2 — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 10:10:41 GMT

I try to not lock threads where possible so if we can try and keep it on topic as first port of call I'd appreciate that 🙂.

Thanks,

Re: Virgin Media O2 sets out plans for withdrawing 2G service

MI5 — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 10:31:18 GMT

@Kei-M_O2

You do have the option to remove all the nonsense off topic dribble that has been posted though......?

Re: Virgin Media O2 sets out plans for withdrawing 2G service

bhaskarsamani — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 11:01:49 GMT

the topic is turning off 2g

that won't happen until 2030?

enough time to sort out how the law works around how mobile networks can disable vo lte and wifi calling and how vo lte works on all iphones but on some android phones, can be hard to set up

Re: Virgin Media O2 sets out plans for withdrawing 2G service

madasaf1sh — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 11:59:43 GMT

How many more time do we have to tell you:

THERE IS NO LAW THAT STATES WHAT SERVICES O2 OR ANY MOBILE NETWORK PROVIDES TO CUSTOMERS.. AND VMO2 HAVE DECIDED THAT THEY WILL NOT PROVIDE VOWIFI OR VOLTE TO PAY AS YOU CUSTOMERS AT THIS TIME..

End of Topic and conversation on the matter!!!!!!!