NM_Gringo@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoElon Musk Is Charging Starlink Customers Gigantic Bogus Fees Because Its Network Is Being Crushed by “High Demand”www.yahoo.comexternal-linkmessage-square265linkfedilinkarrow-up1842arrow-down118
arrow-up1824arrow-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 · 1 month agomessage-square265linkfedilink
minus-squareStarDreamer@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month 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 month 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???