▲ 351 ▼ Donald Trump may "turn off the internet" if elected, former staffer says (www.newsweek.com) submitted 2 years ago by HLMenckenFan@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 93 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) People generally use apps and such, but as far as I'm aware most phones still come with a phone number these days permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bitwaba@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago What's your point? As soon as your calls makes it to a cell tower it gets encapsulated and routed over a telco's network. Any call you make from one call provider to another will traverse the internet. And depending on the extent of the thought experiment for disabling the internet, you could include disabling individual telco's networks as well, meaning you won't be calling anyone... except for maybe someone on the same tower as you. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bitwaba@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago What's your point? As soon as your calls makes it to a cell tower it gets encapsulated and routed over a telco's network. Any call you make from one call provider to another will traverse the internet. And depending on the extent of the thought experiment for disabling the internet, you could include disabling individual telco's networks as well, meaning you won't be calling anyone... except for maybe someone on the same tower as you. permalink fedilink source parent