Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@LaF0rge" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>LaF0rge</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@stman" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>stman</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.ie/@kDelta" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>kDelta</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@Sempf" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Sempf</span></a></span> obviously that's why it <a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114863029952059372" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">was discontinued for a time</a> in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a>, as it was considered as obsolete as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HSCSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HSCSD</span></a> is in light of faster standards that - even without guaranteed bandwith - will yield higher throughput.</p><ul><li>Obviously <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CellBroadcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CellBroadcast</span></a> will necessitate a constant bandwith allocation for functionality as it's design is based upon repeating a message until it's transmissiom being removed.</li></ul><p>Still, even in contended <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/spectrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spectrum</span></a> this is manageable, espechally since most <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MNOs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MNOs</span></a> only maintain vestigal <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/2G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>2G</span></a> or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/3G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>3G</span></a> infrastructure solely for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/emergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emergency</span></a> coverage and reliability, as <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6qb9dml6So" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">most phones will call emergency services over 2G and 3G</a> and not via <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VoLTE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoLTE</span></a>. </p><ul><li>To add insult to injury, most BSCs will downgrade to 2G-only service by default in case of power loss to maximize UPS range and in the case of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NewZealand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewZealand</span></a> even switch off all services but <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SMS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SMS</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EmergencyServicesCalling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EmergencyServicesCalling</span></a> to enshure people in need can get their calls out, as the population is instructed to use SMS for person-to-person communication (as SMS is a low-priority, non-realtime service using excess bandwith and thus not compete with calling like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EDGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EDGE</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CSD</span></a> would.</li></ul>