Writers block: 3G: Going, going, but not gone

I was among the last to switch from floppy discs to compact discs, and from video cassette recorder tapes to digital video discs. So it should be no surprise that I am again among the last still using a flip phone and an iPhone5 as AT&T prepares to shut down its 3G cellular network.

After Adams Publishing Group bought out The Chronotype in 2014, they issued us each an iPhone 5 and took away our desk phones. We started using a nifty ADP mobile check-in and check-out app — and still do — that was especially handy for evening and weekend work. Life rolled on, and most people upgraded their flip phones and iPhones over the years. I never did, adhering once again to the adage “why fix what’s not broken?” So it was a double whammy for me when it was announced earlier this year that not only 3G flip phones but iPhone 5s and older models would be shut down in late February.

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