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Tsarinax t1_j6whqmx wrote

Reply to comment by Zestyclose_Pickle511 in Samsung's S23s don't have an answer to Apple's Emergency SOS via Satellite by needlesfox

I’m not arguing this case since I know nothing about it, but you could easily lose signal an hour out of LA. You quickly get into desert like areas or into the hills and cell service gets spotty really quick. At least when I lived there it did, I’m sure it’s better but I could still see some blind spots especially in hills where folks go hiking.

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MorRobots t1_j6wnu46 wrote

This is something I wish there were PSA's about:

When you have no Service, you likely may still be able to call 911.

911 calls rides on all carriers and is given priority by the towers regardless of the subscribers service provider. It also rides on all the cellphone standards as well.

The tower will actually drop subscribers to ensure the 911 call gets connected.

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Twombls t1_j6x5ulk wrote

Its very possible there was just no service at all.

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Zestyclose_Pickle511 t1_j6whvwd wrote

Yeah, I guess the landscape does change fairly rapidly there.

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Twombls t1_j6x92ho wrote

Yeah something people dont realize is a lot of big cities on the American west are built right at the foot of huge mountain ranges. People tend to get themselves onto shit because there will be expanses of wilderness the size of a small European countries that are easily accessible from a trailhead in a realitivley suburban area.

It will be a warm summer day at the trailhead but once you pop over the first ridge it will be a blizzard. The place where the donner party happend. One of the snowiest places in the usa. Is like just over an hour from Sacramento

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Jake0024 t1_j6z1i1w wrote

> just over an hour from Sacramento

Not by wagon

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