So the glitch is in auth/access/accounting, like the intern just pushed to prod.
reddig33@lemmy.world 4 days ago
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.
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.org 3 days ago
Copilot told him: “you are absolutely right!”
saltesc@lemmy.world 4 days ago
I thought this wasn’t a legal requirement of US carriers, sharing their towers for emergencies. Maybe it’s a state thing.
reddig33@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Google AI search says it’s a federal mandate in the US. I couldn’t find the related legislation though.
Uss_entrepeneur@piefed.social 4 days ago
not always, when I’m out in the middle of nowhere, I also see sos
shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
By out in the middle of nowhere, you would have to not be able to connect to any carrier network at all. If you are a Verizon customer and can’t get Verizon signal, but you can see an AT&T tower, you will connect to it to make 911 calls, or a T-Mobile tower, if that’s the one you can see. It doesn’t matter. Every carrier has to carry 911 calls for every other carrier.