2Game Esports Upsets LOUD for First VCT Americas Victory
#2G #esports #gaming #loud #VCTAmericas
https://blazetrends.com/2game-esports-upsets-loud-for-first-vct-americas-victory/?fsp_sid=3056
@bdf2121cc3334b35b6ecda66e471 @froge @fj maybe but it's better than a #proprietary, #SingleBendor & #SingleProvider solutiom as it just works even on #throttled, sub-#2G speeds over #Tor...
@phlogiston @torproject @guardianproject at least @BNetzA & @Bundesregierung didn't cancel #2G / #GSM / #EDGE with the #3Gshutdown like #Australia did recently.
@lucasmz @Avitus @david_chisnall the benefit of #XMPP+#OMEMO is that there are several providers, including free options...
All #PII incl. #PhoneNumbers can and will be abused by existing governments and if users don't pay, then they are the product and their data is the one to be sold.
After all, you have the same cost problem with phone numbers. Even if one doesn't pay per line/number and never pay for calls and texts, they still have to top it up to extent validity.
Plus you relying an unfixably insecure #Telephony makes a system inherently unsafer than it needs to be...
Also #Signal is able and willing to use said PII to restrict and ban users and if I were some dissident in Cuba or North Korea or even just Eritrea or Yemen I'd not rely on non-enforcement of #OFAC / #USML / #ITAR since Signal can obviously distinguish & identify accounts by virgue if their #PhoneNumber!
@vwestlife #Funfact: In #Europe, #Cband dishes weren't common so #SatelliteInternet used simiar #Tuner cards with #VSAT terminals, usually accepting downlinks from regular commercial #TV #satellites that were just data channels on #ASTRA and/or #Eutelsat #HotBird in the #KuBand...
I've got one of those:
Basically a #Router with some #Linux on Ethernet, Power & F-Screw-Connector on the rear, #56k& #ISDN #Modem|s and USB up-front.
And don't even get me started on #VoLTE support...
Also most #VoLTE / #Vo5G - devices *explicitly use #2G / #3G for #EmergencyCalls!
[#TLDR: JUST TELL ME IF YOUR TABLET CAN DO #CALLS!]
#DearVendors of #Android-#Tablets:
Off all the #Functions you can put into a #Specifications Sheet of your Devices there's one you should ALWAYS answer clearly on your #Website:
DOES YOUR TABLET [with #4G / #5G / …) SUPPORT MAKING PHONE CALLS?
Like: IS IT TOO MUCH TO ASK TO HAVE THAT INFO IN THE SPECSHEETS?
You're obviously able to list all the #Codecs natively supported and the user-available storage as well as supported Frequency Bands, WWAN modes, WiFi channel width and the Display Glass vs. Panel dimensions including DPI of the latter and whether or not it has a hall effect sensor to detect your overpriced 1st party tablet covers!
Now some folks may ask: "WHY does this matter?" or outright dismiss this as a problem.
Listen:
Not everyone is able or willing to carry two devices when 1 SHOULD BE ENOUGH and also some places (i.e. #Turkey) have #ImportRestrictions re: #MobileDevices, so having more than 1 #IMEI is already a "NOPE!" by the authorities.
So why do NONE of the #Tablet manufacturers allow to #search or #filter for that???
NO, instead one has to download an obscenely huge #PDF just to then read on page 34 that for any "#telephony" function you NEED YET ANOTHER DEVICE FROM THE SAME MANUFACTURER AND HAVE TO SIGNUP WITH AN ACCOUNT and even that level of #abuse WON'T GUARANTEE THAT IT WORKS...
Pretty shure A LOT of other folks have the same question and ain't willing to get yet another device & #SIM just to recieve the occasional call because #TechIlliterates can't be assed to send an #eMail or learn #XMPP+#OMEMO to message one...
"BT has issued an update on its plans to retire its 2G network, marking the end of a technology first introduced in the early 1990s. The company’s 2G network, which operates under its EE brand, currently handles just 0.1 percent of the data traffic coursing through the company’s infrastructure."
That's such a crap metric. Like saying "Royal mail postal service carries 0.1% of telephone calls"..
What would be a more helpful metric is what percentage of calls go over #2G
@ada yeah, but then again Oz is ruled by #TechIlliterate #Wankers who decided to not only shutdown both #2G & #3G but literally #ban #importPhones and basically lock-out any device that desn't do #VoLTE their way...
And yes, they enforce that like #Turkey enforces people to register imported devices 30 days after import:
So if you are i.e. a #Tourist in #DownUnder and you got some serious issue, you can't even call their emergency services on 000 cuz your devices got yeeted off the network through no fault of your own!
Seriously, there's a reason why every other nation at the very least keeps the absolute minimum of bandwith necessary to maintain #2G & #3G service for #EmergencyCalling.
In fact, #Germany learned the hard way that #CellBroadcast and #PTY31 / #RDS - based #alarms and #sirens are not replaceable.
Seriously, #Australia's #2G & #3G #Shutdown and #IMEI-based #Blocklisting WILL inevitably kill people
And the only "tool" there is is #Telstra's Website and just teting random IMEIs only yields two possible results:
'We don't know this device at all'
"'We've not blocklisted it'*
Even when testing it with obvious #2Gonly & #3Gonly devices that certainly don't support #VoLTE...
@aslmx You're incorrect - at least partially.
It was reactivated as until the late 2000s and early 2010s it was actually available in all 4 (back then!) major networks.
I remember it fondly because I did use the location feature offered in #Eplus's Network extensively...
AFAICT #CellBroadcast is only offered as a tunneled service in #4G & #5G networks, so the same issues of #VoLTE apply as *both 4G & 5G were designed for a premium mobile data service and not as a simple replacement of #2G and/or #3G...
@izaya well, you can just read the original laws and a longer writeup about it.
Needless to say #Australia doing a #2G & #3G #shutdown and banning #CFW as well as #imported #CellPhones & #SmartPhones is not just in the cards but confirmed in real-life!
@shaknais I am pissed off because they don't avtually ban #SS7 but yeet #2G & #3G without having #VoLTE work or being a open standard.
@shaknais That's not true...
Everyone else is fine despite #2G and/or #3G still being up and running...
But then again #Australia also mandated #hemlets for #cyclists instead of demanding drivers to not be sociopaths towards them, cuz #CarBrain'ed politicians I guess…
And in #Germany it took a Natural Disaster with a triple digit bodycount for #CellBroadcast to be reactivated per legal mandate and #2G to remain online...
The fact that Telstra was unable to say how many devices roamed their Network should be seen as criminal incompetence cuz asking something like: "How many foreign devices are #roaming in your network?" is a standard #FAQ I'd expect them to put into their public financial reports - even as a #footnote re: #revenue [i.e. total devices, total revenue, average Calls / SMS / data per roaming device] cuz that's standard #metrics every #Telco & #ISP does create anyway...
@Melissabeartrix @Tattooed_mummy I see #AltText & #ImageDescription as both a necessary work and opportunity to #DoBetter...
Yes it'll cost me time and slow me down #shitposting or whatever but I do also oftentimes interact with the #Fediverse on #Narrowband (cuz #EDGEland) and I'm glad I can still use it on my mobile at #throttled #2G speeds.
Also I do have #blind followers and I think it's important to also let them access the conversation - or at least give them the choice to do so.
Why most countries are struggling to shut down 2G