Will upgrading require new hardware

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MrMaster What If Premium join:2000-12-16 Austin, TX clubs: ·RoadRunner Cable	Will upgrading require new hardware The article here assumes that the hardware only needs to be updated on the back end(or is it front end?) Wouldn't we need new phones to also understand the new software? -- One never notices what has been done; one can only see what remains to be done. -Marie Curie
	to forum · permalink · · 2008-03-27 15:41:55 ·
jc100 join:2002-04-10	Firmware update might solve that issue....
jc100 join:2002-04-10	to forum · permalink · · 2008-03-27 15:55:18 ·
BigPete @qwest.net	reply to MrMaster said by MrMaster : The article here assumes that the hardware only needs to be updated on the back end(or is it front end?) Wouldn't we need new phones to also understand the new software? It appears to be only a software upgrade, not a hardware upgrade. In theory, carriers would be able to send out a software update to the phones that is able to support the higher data rates.
BigPete @qwest.net	to forum · permalink · 2008-03-27 16:35:20 ·


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