What would they call each other?
this post was submitted on 01 Jan 2025
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forgot that used to be a thing, nowadays i just post comments on Lemmy
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.
You guys have people to call?
I just go to bed at 11, like i would on any other day off😅
I was asleep by 10. Woke up to so many texts and didn't respond until I felt like it. It was honestly super nice. Just spent the night laying with my dogs and reading until I got sleepy.
Some do, but it's app calls now, so just more internet traffic.
I prefer normal calls over app calls.
No, texts/online are the norm now.
Back in the early 00's everybody called and the cell network was stressed, I normally waited 15-30 minutes before calling my parents.
Nowadays the 5g network can handle that many calls and a big chunk of the people use something else than phone calls.
Does 5G handle regular voice calls, or are you talking about calling over a data line with an app?
I would assume everything including GSM calls is IP/packet based nowadays, unless your phone has switched to 1G
Isn't 1G analog? All voice calls are transmitted digitally and have been since the early 90s.
You are right I thought GSM was 1G, instead it's 2G-2.5G
I've only ever texted people, and always well before midnight. I've never called anyone on NYE, and I'm middle aged. Back in the day I was too busy in the moment to think of calling someone, and now a days nobody wants to be called, nor do I want to call.
I used to call some relatives but the list I had dwindled then the last people became too hard of hearing to call.
This is very sad.
Huh? What’s that? Anyway, happy new year buddy!
Telstra also predicts that there will be 47 million calls from mobiles — up 15 per cent from last year — and close to 91 million text messages sent to family and friends.
Telstra said that the peak in texting starts just as we ring in the New Year.
Last year alone, more than 4.1 million text messages were sent between midnight and 1am.
For reference this is from 2017 and Australia has a population of ~24 million. So yes mobile networks do get stressed significantly on new years.
I would imagine the networks in especially congested areas (New York City Times Square) might struggle under the load because there's so many damn people celebrating.
I don't think cell tower networks would be because they are probably on wifi when calling(at home) and likely use something like facetime or your choice of free open source messenger which uses the internet.
I used to work next to a huge arena. Every time there was a sold-out show, the cell service would be rough the whole time from people sending videos and such. When the shows let out it would be a complete meltdown while people tried to get Ubers.
I remember my graduation used wireless(presumably bluetooth) speakers, and they were constantly cutting out almost the whole time. Not quite to the scale you're talking about but the graduation hall was packed and I'm sure it was full of phones and smartwatches.
I just talked with 3 people right at midnight. Did have a problem with one call going through but once connected the quality was fine.
I have not used network calls since online messaging/calls was invented.
I'll call my parents, that's about it. Network for me has been good for the last few years.
I scheduled a bunch of text to go out at midnight and they were fine. I do remember a time when both calling and texting would be delayed!
Text messages are faster IMO
It used to be that SMS service would get so overrun with HNY messages that it'd be a game to see how long it took to get a response. For some, at least. It truly was a time of making your own fun.
Stupid wifi calling making our texts not even affect the cell towers :( Now everything's just eye peas going down the series of tubes.
I'm usually visiting my parents during new year, so I just text a few friends. We usually meet up later in the day, though.
Ew, no. Nobody uses phones for voice communication, dad. We are all shut-ins and any calls must be regarding an immediate life-or-death situation.
well i certainly never call anyone im a sheltered people who have no respect for society
In Japan, tons of people send LINE messages to each other. Some of the older generations still call. My US family and I emailed for what little data that comprises.
Not call but we are in discord calls.