From: fatkinson@mishmash.com   
      
   Folks,   
      
   I have a question.  I've searched the Internet and so far I have not   
   found the answer.   
      
   Is there a projected date for when 4G will no longer be supported by   
   the cellular carriers?   
      
   The battery on my 4G flip phone is draining entirely too quickly.  And   
   it seems to charge instantly (maybe thirty minutes unti +l it is fully   
   charged again).  I am taking this as a sign that the battery is about   
   to go south.   
      
   I am trying to decide if I should just get a new battery or upgrade to   
   a 5G flip phone (weighing the economics).   
      
   It is my understanding that 3G goes away completely at the end of this   
   year.  Some carriers won't create a new account for a 3G +phone at   
   present [if my research is correct, of course].  Verizon customer   
   service could not tell me about when 4G would no longer be supported.   
   They had no idea.   
      
   If there isn't an exact date for 4G to go away as yet, is there any   
   kind of rough projection?  A year, two years, etc.?   
      
   Regards, and thanks,   
      
                                                         Fred   
      
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