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The last to use 3G phone service, rural America prepares to do without it

Feb 21, 2022
Wireless companies want to convert the frequencies 3G uses to faster 5G service.
As wireless carriers phase out 3G service in favor of 5G, lower-income residents in rural communities will have to grapple with the costs of upgrading technology.
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Picture shows a 5G antenna at Deutsche Telekom stand on the first day of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) on February 26, 2018 in Barcelona.
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iPad hacker pleads guilty and gets 12-18 month sentence

Jun 24, 2011
Daniel Spitler and Andrew Auerheimer hacked into AT&T servers a while back and gained access to 10,000 email addresses associated with 3G iPad...