Voyager 1 Breaks Its Silence with NASA via Radio Transmitter Not Used Since 1981

Re:Voyager 1 Breaks Its Silence with NASA via Radio Transmit... by macspoofing on Monday November 18, 2024 @03:55AM (#42170830)

That's not a good example of 'planned obsolescence'. 2G wasn't 'planned' to be obsolete, it was superseded by better technologies. Also because 2G is a *service* and not a product, it was a business decision to sunset the *service* since there is a maintenance cost to 2G *service*, as well as an opportunity cost in not being able to reserve 2G radio frequencies for 4G and 5G networks.

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Re:Voyager 1 Breaks Its Silence with NASA via Radio Transmit... by eru on Monday November 18, 2024 @05:09AM (#42171150)

Yes, and this perfectly illustrates my point that putting in the extra effort to make your product ultra study is not a good engineering nor business decision, if that means the product outlasts the surrounding eco-system it needs to function.

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Re:Voyager 1 Breaks Its Silence with NASA via Radio Transmit... by account42 on Tuesday November 19, 2024 @05:43AM (#42182007)

2G is not just a service or a business but it is infrastructure.

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Re:Voyager 1 Breaks Its Silence with NASA via Radio Transmit... by macspoofing on Tuesday November 19, 2024 @08:39AM (#42183283)

You're being overly pedantic. But OK, 2G is a bunch of infrastructure that is then rented out creating a cell service. Everything else holds true in that there is a maintenance cost and an opportunity cost.

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Re:Voyager 1 Breaks Its Silence with NASA via Radio Transmit... by account42 on Tuesday November 19, 2024 @09:23AM (#42183729)

The point is that it has been around so long that so many things depend on it. That makes sunsetting it a public policy decision and not just a business decision.

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