All cell phones at once
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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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.
Like what happens every 31 of December? Nothing actually, we're fine.
Well, since cell phones use towers that define a coverage area "cell" and don't use satellites for comm, no satellites would be affected.
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.
There would definitely be a dramatic increase in car accidents.
You've never had a call drop or not connect?
That's what happens.
To see for yourself, ride any subway during rush hour.
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