Phasing out of 2G

[MES]

My gate entry system is on 2G and stopped working on 4th June. It was sold to me in March 2018, so it appears I was sold a near obsolete system that I am now told needs upgrading to 4G to get it to work again, at a cost of £400-500. Has anyone had a similar experience?

[Bambino]

@MES Are you sure the system only works on 2G? Have you tried a 3G or 4G sim with it? If it only works on 2G, then your issue is with whoever sold you the system.

[Anonymous]

@MES Hi, It must be an old design to only work with 2G only, 2G was not going to last long - even in 2018.

I would get back on to the person who sold it to you.

[madasaf1sh]

@MES

2G will be around for a long while yet as LPWAN (Low Powered Wide Area Networks) IOT (Internet of Things) devices such as smart meters use it to send data.

I am surprised a gate entry system in 2018 is 2G only, Is it a PAYG sim or a Pay Monthly sim card?

But it is one for the supplier, and nothing to do with o2.

[MI5]

@MES 

O2 recently made some system changes at the beginning of April which rendered some older sim cards useless.

It may be worth you trying a new sim first before paying out for a new system.