If so, do cell phone networks still get stressed?
forgot that used to be a thing, nowadays i just post comments on Lemmy
You guys have people to call?
What would they call each other?
Hello.
No, texts/online are the norm now.
I just go to bed at 11, like i would on any other day off😅
I have never heard of this before
Really? Back in the 2000s and 2010s I used to get a whole bunch of mass texts from friends, family, and random people, wishing me a happy new year. Nobody does that anymore.
People calling each other at new years was a thing in the before times when texting was non-existent, expensive or not widespread. People would call each other usually on land lines and caused a lot of stress to the network. It could take hours to get through. When mobile phones became a thing, people tried to be trendy and call from a party, leading to total collapse of the local cell network.
Later when texting became the norm, it would also be easily overloaded and texts could take a while to get through. These days since everything goes through the internet, I wouldn’t expect there to be any issues. The internet can handle sudden increases much better.
They usually like bragged about it on TV afterwards: 1.6 billion SMS (texts) was sent tonight!
I used to call some relatives but the list I had dwindled then the last people became too hard of hearing to call.
I’ll call my parents, that’s about it. Network for me has been good for the last few years.
Some do, but it’s app calls now, so just more internet traffic.
