In response to "3G Shutdown a Disaster for Australians" by Malcolm Roberts
My response: The 3G shutdown is something that you should want and it's not just a cost-saving measure for the telcos. Firstly, a degradation of coverage is a terrible thing, that should be rectified by upgrading the 4G and 5G coverage, not keeping on 3G on. I fully support government support into ensuring that everyone who relies on it has coverage. As for people with older phones, unfortunately they do need to upgrade, the phones are expected to have a fixed lifespan and basically all phones produced within the last 4 years support VoLTE calling (which is needed to make calls without the 3G network), that's not to say that those manufactured before that don't have it as it can easily be added with a software update. A new VoLTE-compatible phone can be purchased for less than $50. Most phones produced before VoLTE support probably run such old software that they're are a security risk. Now the reason you should want it: the shut-down of the 3G network allows th