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CkrnkFrnchMn
lemmy.ca
CkrnkFrnchMn@lemmy.caJoined: 2023-06-29 |
What do you think would happen if everybody who has a cellphone used them all at once...? |
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deegeese
sopuli.xyz
deegeese@sopuli.xyzJoined: 2023-06-09 |
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 |
There would definitely be a dramatic increase in car accidents. |
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Confused_Emus
lemmy.dbzer0.com
Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.comJoined: 2024-07-19 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
You've never had a call drop or not connect? That's what happens. |
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