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[โ€“] saltesc@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

In the US, mobile devices can't make emergency calls using any network? I never noticed, but it's law for everywhere else I know. If there's any network in range, regardless of who owns it or if it's the driven around pop-up towers, anything with an IMEI can use whatever's around for emergency comms.

[โ€“] gazter@aussie.zone 9 points 1 week ago

That's correct, worldwide as far as I know. But doesn't help if there's no network available at all. Usually, multiple carriers will use the same tower, so if that falls over, you're outta luck.