3G service shutdown?

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John Cox

• September 30, 2020 16:11

I have 5 cameras running, 4 are 3G and 1 is 4G. 3 of the 3G cameras have stopped sending pictures. Any news??

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  Elizabeth Swoope

  • September 30, 2020 16:38

  Nothing official, but it’s looking like the vast majority of the Verizon 3G cameras died Monday morning.

  Is your 3G that’s running a Verizon? If so, what’s the model (VZWb, VZWi, VCTb, or VCTi) and what’s the firmware it’s running?

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  John Cox

  • September 30, 2020 16:41

  1-vcti and 3 are vctb

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  John Cox

  • September 30, 2020 16:43

  Yes, all of my cameras are on Verizon

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  Brian Gennings

  • September 30, 2020 18:34

  All of mine and my buddies appear to have shutdown as well. Since Sept 28th.  All of ours are on Verizon.  can anyone confirm this.  I thought this was not going to happen until end of Dec.

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  Elizabeth Swoope

  • September 30, 2020 18:42

  The official sunset date is 12/31/2020. However, that is not, "This is the day the switch is turned off and everything dies." That is "This is the last date service will be available but we will be shutting things down in some areas before that."

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  Brian Gennings

  • September 30, 2020 18:52

  You know we knew this was coming.  Words can't describe the mental anguish I am feeling right now with mine deployed in Kansas 9 hours away in key areas.  Shame on me.......!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  John Cox

  • September 30, 2020 19:13

  I feel your pain Brian!!!

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  Elizabeth Swoope

  • September 30, 2020 19:18
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  Brian,

  Finally, a voice of reason! I know everyone is frustrated, and rightfully so. Everyone who has one of these Verizon 3G cameras has to have been hoping that they'd make it to the middle or end of December. I've felt like mine were a ticking time bomb since the first of the year, hoping that they'd make it to the end of the year, but prepared for the day when they'd just die. Every day they worked seemed like a miracle. Several times I have thought to myself that I was surprised I was still getting pictures.

  Next year, I will be preparing for the AT&T 3G shutdown, and making sure that all critical locations have 4G cameras in them. Because of these dead Verizons, I'll be unretiring some ATTxb, but I'm going to use 4G IMEI for their data plans so I can move the SIMs to 4G cameras when the time comes.
  
  It just doesn't make sense to take a chance on old technology that you know has a sunset date for critical situations.
  
  All I can do is sympathize/empathize. We get so spoiled to our technology and anyone using a 3G camera has been using it for a while. 
  
  Even if we could get the cameras back up, there's no telling how long it would be before they'd go down again. I'm expecting the handful that are still running to shut down at any moment.

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  Elizabeth Swoope

  • September 30, 2020 19:35

  John,

  Which 3G model is still running? What's the firmware date on it?

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  John Lockburner

  • October 01, 2020 13:19

  John, did you buy any of the 3g cameras from Spartan when they were running the special with the camera and data included?

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  John Cox

  • October 01, 2020 16:13

  Brian,

  No, I got a few of my cameras from Verizon and a few more form Amazon

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  John Lockburner

  • October 01, 2020 16:15

  OK, thanks

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