Seemingly ‘SOS’ is replacing network bars
SOS is what a phone displays when it can reach a cell tower, but cant find an valid account associated with its SIM card. Its so you can make emergency calls to things like 911 from any phone, regardless of whether you’ve paid a carrier for service or had your service cut off. Or the only cell tower you can reach has no connection to your carrier, but other carriers on that tower are available to make emergency calls.
not always, when I’m out in the middle of nowhere, I also see sos
So the glitch is in auth/access/accounting, like the intern just pushed to prod.
Copilot told him: “you are absolutely right!”
I thought this wasn’t a legal requirement of US carriers, sharing their towers for emergencies. Maybe it’s a state thing.
Google AI search says it’s a federal mandate in the US. I couldn’t find the related legislation though.
Fuck Verizon fuck I.C.E.
Glad that they mention, albeit a ways in, that reports of other carriers being down are because people try to call Verizon-serviced phones and freak out on Downdetector when it doesn’t go through.
People, switch to USMOBILE https://www.usmobile.com/
It’s also a way to track you without you being able to communicate.
thanks, ChatGPT
