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Old 10-10-2024, 06:36 AM
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Default Emergency (cellular) different from satellite calls
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Originally Posted by Bill14564 View Post
Emergency Call Only means the phone will use the cellular network to dial 911 but no other numbers. It still requires the cellular network; if cell towers are down, these phones will not work at all.

Some newer cell phones (iphone 14 and up, some Androids) can connect to the same satellites that Satellite Phones use.
EXACTLY.....and, every cellular tower has a bank of batteries in the little house at the base. So, when cellular goes "down" it is not the tower itself, it's all the router equipment at the base of each tower.