AT&T shuts down original iPhone's 2G wireless network,


ATT:

Today, our 3G and 4G LTE networks cover 99% of Americans. By shutting down our 2G network, this frees up more spectrum for future network technologies, including 5G. In the next few months, we plan to repurpose that spectrum for LTE.

This has been four years in the making, so the move shouldn't surprise anyone still utilize the aging wireless network. I still have my original iPhone and haven't had any service on it for about 8 years. I can't imagine ever paying to do so, but it's officially now obsolete as a mobile phone.