Do people still call each other at midnight on NYE?
Do people still call each other at midnight on NYE?
If so, do cell phone networks still get stressed?
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I have never heard of this before
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!
These days since everything goes through the internet
Got an article that explains how this works? I’ve 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.
It used to be a thing where I live. Especially back when having a mobile phone was still a flex.