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Australians, please sign this petition to have Australia provide asylum to LGBT+ people fleeing the United States: https://www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/petition/EN7163
Edit: This petition is now closed for signatures so there is no need to boost this post anymore.
ROTFL: #Vodafone Germany claiming publicly that TETRA is baesd on 2G, and that 2G can only transport voice: https://newsroom.vodafone.de/politik-und-gesellschaft/virtuelles-sicherheitsnetz-fuer-polizei-und-rettungskraefte - don't they have anyone with a bit of technical clue proof-reading such public corporate communication? #telecom #gsm #3gpp #tetra
@jt_rebelo @mastodonmigration @GottaLaff I'd call #Ukraine "criminally incompetent" if they didn't already leverage domestic #Fiber & #GSM networks as well as procuring entire transponders for exclusive use.
I couldn't confirm X-Band use with either #XTAR or #BwSATCOM-2 simply because I have neither teleport access nor matching LNBs/BUCs ready, but existing press releases by @Bundesregierung & @AuswaertigesAmt hint that Ukraine has been upgraded to #NATO #Link22 capabilities.
Existing #SIGINT & purchases show huge amounts of COTS #KuBand & #KaBand and even #Cband-Equipment being used since 2022, which use higher-ping #GSO|s but are easier to decoy and protect against #ElectronicWarfare and #Sabotage (just by shoving the dish into a partially buried sewage pipe, making it look like a ghettohacked Copy of #BARS, the Soviet-Era #Troposcatter CnC Radio...
https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114048983272826079
@dragonfrog @benh @mastodonmigration @GottaLaff as for #ITsec amd the whole #Starlink #Network: It basically uses a homegrown mix of #DOCSIS, #GSM and #ViaSat #SurfBeam technologies to generate these hexagon coverage areas.
Heb deze #gsm type PhoneEasy 338 van DORO uit de jaren stilletjes nog kunnen verkopen voor 10 euro. (Is een toestel bedoeld voor senioren/ouderen)
Die mag nu naar Ukkel.
Kan ik wat appelen en bananen voor kopen… zal weer rap op zijn.
[#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 MAKE 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...
@mrxlix @CptCheesyCrust doch.
Ich würde nicht auf die #Werbeversprechen bei #eCall vertrauen.
Happy birthday, #Finland!
There were many challenges along the way threatening the country’s independence, and new threats have recently manifested, but somehow the people pushed through and here we still are.
Finland has defined and created many of the things that drive our world today (#Linux, #MySQL, #GSM, #IRC, #SMS etc etc). Hats off to such an indomitable nation.
I'll briefly be visiting #Taipei from October 24th through 28th - if anyone from my #linux #foss #retrocomputing #retronetworking or #gsm #3gpp #cellular network bubbles wants to meet up - please do reach out!
A #PSA for anyone living, staying, entering or even travelling to/from #Australia:
Apparently, #Australia decided to mandate it's #GSM systems to be shutdown because some #GalaxyBrainChair wanted to yeet #2G & #3G and demand everything to use #4G & #5G when in fact #VoLTE support is spotty at best and #EmergencyCalling oftentimes is explicitly hardcoded to not use #WIFIcalling or VoLTE as providing #triangulation and #LocationData via #SS7 is a desired feature when someone calls EMS, Fire Dept or the Police for help...
So essentially #tourists and anyone who hasn't an explicitly fully VoLTE-functional device they tested and verified to also do #EmergencyCalls via VoLTE are fecked with no reception when they need it the most!
This WILL KILL PEOPLE!!!
As much as we want to bitch about #GSM & #GPRS / #UMTS being #outdated and #inefficient, there are reasons to at least keep 2G available - ranging from lower power consumption to higher resilience in emergency situations.
#NewZealand for example does shutdown non-#EmergencyCalls during severe #Earthquakes so that people trapped and/or in need of urgent assistance can get through to dispatch operators and everyone else has to get in line and take a number aka. use #SMS or if existing #Internet to say "I'm fine!"...
If the Ozzies really need that juicy #UHF #SubGHz #Spectrum it's totally feasible to instead change the #allocations and reconfigure #CellularNetworks to use lesser bandwith for 2G (i.e. only keeping the absolute mininum of channels available for any service) and thus clear up space...
And to add insult to injury, Australia passed a #NorthKorea|n-alike #CellPhone #ImportBan for any device that doesn't do i.e. the bespoke proprietary garbage that i.e. #Telstra, #Vodafone and #Optus do with the #baseband modems of their #branded devices...
Seriously, which #TechIlliterate dickhead decided it's a good idea to do that #3Gshutdown in Australia without even a basic 2G network up and running at all?
@Swede1952 @ety @x00001 I'm serious...
In fact such "#FWT" or "Fixed Wireless Terminal" adaptors are actually quite common, as they basically allow folks to keep their beloved phones - espechally those with hearing aid compatibility or additional functions like a wireless emergency button - and just transition from (sadly discontinued and) expensive "basic landline" to cheap pay-as-you postpaid or prepaid plans.
OFC those boxes exist in various forms, from something akin to a Router like the Fritz!Box LTE series to the more commonplace "Trashcan"-esque cylinders for #5G-#MIMO. Sadly most don't include like a batter backup but there are also "#GSM #DeskPhone|s" that are basically #StupidPhones (some absurdly expensive ones are just bulky #smartphones, #Phablets if not #Tablets) with dedicaded physical buttons and aside from being able to send/recieve #SMS and potentially offer a #WiFi hotspot as well as almost always have a prominently large antenna sticking out the back, they look like your average Desktop Phone from an office...
Elo, pytanie mam w temacie LTE:
Macie wiedzę o wdrożeniach w Polsce Band 42 i 43 (3.4GHz~3.8GHz)?
Wyjątkowo proszę o podbicie 
Jeśli instalujecie #DIY #LTE z anteną zewnętrzną kierunkową (tzw. #ODU lub antena na kablu, lub 2 kablach) to może wam się przydać mapa i wyszukiwarka #BTS (czyli stacji bazowych operatorów #GSM, masztów).
Ja skorzystałem z #BTSearch:
Kompas w telefonie pozwala ustawić kierunek "zgrubnie", warto później sprawdzić wskazania poziomu sygnału w routerze/modemie by "dopieścić" ustawienie kierunku.
W zależności od przeszkód terenowych, nie zawsze najbliższy BTS obsłuży wasz modem najlepiej. Warto pokombinować. Również raz ustawiony może z czasem stać się nieoptymalnym, np. przez zwiększenie urządzeń abonenckich. Warto wtedy pokombinować z innymi dostępnymi. Podobnie operatorzy oferują w danej lokalizacji różną jakość. Warto dobrać odpowiedniego.
To jest radio, nie kabel, tu bywa różnie
Je prends les conseils et les retours d'expérience toutes marques.
j'y connais rien, lâchez vous. #GSM #SMARTPHONE
blog! “Solved! "Access Point Name settings are not available for this user"”
Android's user-hostile interface never fails to disappoint! I was struggling to get a new eSIM working. I could make and receive calls / texts, but data just wasn't connecting. I tried rebooting, flipping to aeroplane mode, changing bearer, manually selecting the networ…
Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/03/solved-access-point-name-settings-are-not-available-for-this-user/
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#android #gsm #mobile
#Motorola #MotoRazr #V3i läuft nun seit Montag und hat noch immer alle Akku-Balken.
#Eventphone-#SIM ist drin, allerdings mit Flugmodus kein fairer Vergleich zum #Nokia-Test Anfang der Woche.
Ich denke, das reicht dennoch zur Qualifikation als Lars' Next Congress Retro-Phone
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Neben dem (schon damals) Retro-Charme des GUI spricht dafür, dass es etwas mehr Zugang zu den technischen Details gewährt als übliche Handys. Man kann z.B. Netzbetreiber-Prioritäten vergeben.
I watched the following video and I found it instructive. It is long, however.
During the bit about AIDS, I reflected back to my mother's favorite cousin. My mother saw this cousin with some frequency. He was gay. He died of AIDS. At his funeral, my mother instructed me and my brother to say that he died of cancer. We knew the truth, but the rest of the world was not to know. I suspect we had older relatives who would not have been happy to know that he was gay, and at the time AIDS was considered to affect only gay people.
Growing up, my brother and I knew he was our mother's favorite cousin, and we saw him from time to time, maybe more than some aunts and uncles of ours. We also knew that he was gay.
This is one of the reasons for which I say that my mother would most likely be proud of me today. Alas, she thought all of her life that I'm straight.
Teardown of an early Siemens #GSM Modem, the "Siemens M1": https://osmocom.org/projects/cellular-modems/wiki/Siemens_M1
#retronetworking #cellular
but would it work with my 