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What you’re saying (and from what I gathered at Dinh’s link) sounds like there IS a “backwards compatible” aspect here that is NOT being properly addressed or conveyed to the customer by Koodo in their little “promotions” (what else is new - trick customers into constantly upgrading even when they do not have to or want to, right?).

Sort of like, using USB 3·0 capable hard drives with USB 2·0 cables and/or ports - data will still transfer, the drive will still work, just a lot slower since the cables/ports cannot handle the 3·0 speeds - is that a fair analogy?  

If so, then I’m not too troubled about “speeds” for my phone - it will ONLY be used for (limited) calls and texts, which I imagine precludes the importance of “data speed” (unless it means a text will arrive 1/10000th of a second faster than normal - in which case, I say : who cares?).

As long as the calls can remain stable and NOT get dropped cos of this “bottle necking” caveat, and my 4G phone will “work just fine” for its intended purpose of calls/texts, AND it will not seriously impact my battery life (I suspect someone will tell me next that tryng to run a “tired old 4G device” on a 5G network will put added stress on the device and make it thirsty for juice to keep up?) - if all this checks out as true (save for the “tired old battery-siphoning device” caveat), then I can relax. 

If not, then it’s panic mode time.
​​​​​​​Again. 

 

So this is not the same thing.

I understand the desire for backwards compatibility, but this is not that kind of situation.

Regardless of Koodo eliminating speed caps or not.  Regardless if they sent that text message or not, the current technology has cell towers being replaced or upgraded.

And as of the current technology, 2G and 3G capable phones are not able to use those antennae to use with 4G and 5G network signals. Assuming this progresses similarly in the future, then the not yet invented 6G and 7G may operate similarly.

Koodo does not make the phones.  They also do not invent the cellular towers or network technology so they do not control if this technology is backwards compatible. 

However, NOTE that this is a complete separate subject from the text message that koodo sent.  All koodo is saying is that they are no longer artificially slowing customers’ data speeds and making customers pay for faster speeds.  All data speeds (4G and 5G) will be uncapped regardless of your plan.  This is a rare instance that this is a bit of a freebie from a telecom that has been charging for it (but only due to their competitors initiating this first)

So.,… the bottom line is what? 
I can get a few years of use out of my phone before being forced to upgrade again?  
(Which I may not even bother with - I’ll just give up and check out.)



General Rant : 

And speaking of upgrading, can we just be serious  for a nanosecond?  

HOW BLOODY MUCH MORE “upgrading” does ANYTHING need? How much FASTER does ANY of this crap need to be? I’m sorry, but is waiting an extra 1/1000th of a second for a text or some other data taking up too much of your day?  This is getting beyond insane.  I am pretty sure the expression “I need it 5 minutes ago” is just an EXPRESSION and not a literal goal that can (or should) ever be achieved. 

When is “what we have” ever going to be “(more than) GOOD ENOUGH”? Why must we keep reinventing the wheel? And the most obscene thing about it is, all these “advancements” and “innovations” are not even out of any real absolute necessity — it’s just GREED.  A way to make more money and make people buy the same thing over and over and over again needlessly. 

6G? 7G? Ferfuxsayk... Cos the human brain just cannot be nuke-cooked fast enough. 

EVERYTHING has its limits, NOTHING is infinite, and sooner or later all these megalomaniacal tech tyrants are going to hit the proverbial wall where there’s simply nothing more they can do to “improve” on anything (which includes fusing tech with biology like some kind of Matrix nightmare - brain chips and bionics and whatnot).

Why not just leave well enough alone UNTIL it becomes necessary to step it up a bit? Allow an entire generation to just ENJOY what they have before forcing them to abandon what they have come to rely on and know well, let alone what they just obtained last year, all to scrap it and migrate to the next useless version that will be force-replaced yet again in 5 minutes. 

I know that is too much to ask or hope for. An even bigger ask of improbability is that people will finally wake up and snap out of the brainwashed sheep mentality of just “going along” with these stupid imposed (and unsolicited) changes, and just say “NO MORE!”, put their foot down and REFUSE to buy or upgrade to the next phase of their enslavement. Maybe some small band of rebels with the know-how can resurrect the old networks and tech options (including PCs and home entertainment) and make them available again to those who preferred them.  Yeah. Too much to ask or hope for. 

But who knows? Windows 10 and 11 seemingly have finally overstepped with their Orwellian arrogance and people are finally getting fed up with that, and walking away to other alternatives (Linux, etc)… 

Perhaps the same frustration will spread to mobile devices and networks, and all technology, and retro rollbacks will be the new trend.  

 

Simple answer is capitalism.

But just 25 years ago, who could have imagined the type of technology we would have right now.

Who could have imagined that Working from home  like some of us do would be possible.

There is no way to predict what the future will hold.  We are all just along for the ride