2degrees completes 3G shutdown

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rayonline

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#3460375 10-Feb-2026 22:44

I was able to get two phones working. If wireless debugging doesn't work connect to computer

https://www.reddit.com/r/FidoMobile/comments/1jvlvch/force_enable_volte_on_unsupported_carriers/

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#3461406 14-Feb-2026 10:40

I am visiting a location in the Kaipara district which is very rural 0 bars of 2d 4G but does have coverage and my handset would normally hand down to 3G and hardly work

0 bars of 4G is like 50 x faster than good signal on 3G - 5Mhz band8 4G rocks

3G shutdown what a blessing

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#3461462 14-Feb-2026 11:40

Hornby, Christchurch 5G on One NZ with medium bars. Wish I had zero, because this is actually worse than 4G, or even 3G in many cases.

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#3461480 14-Feb-2026 14:18

boosacnoodle:

Hornby, Christchurch 5G on One NZ with medium bars. Wish I had zero, because this is actually worse than 4G, or even 3G in many cases.

I think you will find that you are NSA restricted and whilst it is available, the network is literally throwing you to 4G. Yes it may show the 5G icon. Yes it is misleading as hell I know, however there are many reasons why you would not be seeing actual 5G and that is because the network thinks you are in a very bad situation(which is true) and it does not want to make it worse by even attempting.

Also I know you've brought this up before and I am almost certain your starting cell is probably LTE 700 right now :~) and to which I'll say "I am not surprised. Welcome to my pain with 2D and Spark at Burnside Canterbury Technology Park."

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#3467562 7-Mar-2026 16:20

I have noticed a dramatic performance degradation on my pixel 9 pro since the switch. Phone base LTE instead of 4G like it did. Could mean nothing but does indicate a cofiguration change. Phone used to see 40+Mbps on 4g now I'm lucky to see 5. Most of my commute and my home does not have 5g available so this is frustrating.

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#3467567 7-Mar-2026 16:48

@Rudster 4G is LTE so not sure what you mean sorry

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#3467658 7-Mar-2026 20:25

It just took 5 years longer (I had a clown for breakfast today). 😉

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#3467671 7-Mar-2026 21:12

Tinkerisk:

It just took 5 years longer (I had a clown for breakfast today). 😉

@Tinkerisk: What?

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#3467673 7-Mar-2026 21:21

Tinkerisk:

(I had a clown for breakfast today). 😉

Was ist das? (What is this?)

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#3467680 7-Mar-2026 21:57

We say this in German when someone is already in a joking mood in the morning: "Had a clown for breakfast." 🤣

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#3484739 27-Apr-2026 15:06

@CeeGee This thread is related to your query and remember 4G & VoLTE are 2 different things

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#3484756 27-Apr-2026 17:02

I wonder how many customers 2degrees has lost in the last 3 months due to customers handsets lacking 2degrees VoLTE profile.

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