If your provider is unable to verify VoLTE support for your device, it may be blocked from Australian networks from the 1st of November 2024.

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    1 month ago

    seems like an unideal solution that will stop devices that still have uses (old phone as a media player) from being used.

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      1 month ago

      Not to mention the E-waste and easily preventable deaths caused by not being able to dial emergency services. This is gross negligence at best and mass murder at worst.

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        1 month ago

        emergency services is the only excuse I can think of to justify preventing phones without vo-lte from connecting.

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          1 month ago

          As I understand it, 4G and 5G standards only have VoLTE to make phone calls, and VoLTE is not truly standardised.

          So, without 2G and/or 3G, you can’t be certain any phone can make an emergency call. Even phones that are brand new 4G and 5G only phones.