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CkrnkFrnchMn lemmy.ca CkrnkFrnchMn@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2023-06-29
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What do you think would happen if everybody who has a cellphone used them all at once...?
A satellite software crash...a mix in signals where you're getting on someone else's convo...what..?

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deegeese sopuli.xyz deegeese@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2023-06-09
#2 · Quote Reply

To see for yourself, ride any subway during rush hour.

So much scrolling.

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mos lemmy.world mos@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-09
#3 · Quote Reply

There would definitely be a dramatic increase in car accidents.

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Confused_Emus lemmy.dbzer0.com Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2024-07-19
#4 · Quote Reply

The same thing that already happens when there’s a huge crowd of people in one spot - they overwhelm the cell towers and you can’t load anything on your phone. Not all that exciting.

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unexposedhazard discuss.tchncs.de unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de
Joined: 2023-07-01
#5 · Quote Reply

A satellite software crash

Consumer grade GPS/GNSS is unidirectional, so would completely unaffected. Cell towers will be overloaded but thats not a problem really. People would just stop using their phones again right away, because they cant go online.

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BluescreenOfDeath lemmy.world BluescreenOfDeath@lemmy.world
Joined: 2024-06-16
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The same thing that already happens when there’s a huge crowd of people in one spot - they overwhelm the cell towers and you can’t load anything on your phone. Not all that exciting.

And actual phone traffic is pretty low bandwidth, so if everyone called someone else at the same time, the dialing computers would be the weak link. Trying to establish all those connections at the same time.

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Onomatopoeia lemmy.cafe Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe
Joined: 2025-01-02
#7 · (edited) Quote Reply

Well, since cell phones use towers that define a coverage area "cell" and don't use satellites for comm, no satellites would be affected.

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one_old_coder piefed.social one_old_coder@piefed.social
Joined: 2026-02-08
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Like what happens every 31 of December? Nothing actually, we're fine.

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Canaconda lemmy.ca Canconda@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-07-10
#9 · Quote Reply

You've never had a call drop or not connect?

That's what happens.

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