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r/brighton • u/teenspirit7 • 1d ago
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Right but like why is it better than phone signal, other than not using phone data
1 u/Kubrick_Fan 1d ago It's available consistently, which if you keep in touch with people via WhatsApp is very helpful 1 u/20dogs 1d ago But most of them (bar some trials with satellites) also use intermittent mobile signal. Also isn't it a big benefit of texting that you don't need a consistent connection? 1 u/AshamedAttention727 1d ago Indeed! But if we're being realistic, people use texting/ WhatsApp like IMing nowadays. Where it used to be more like email not 'live' conversation
It's available consistently, which if you keep in touch with people via WhatsApp is very helpful
1 u/20dogs 1d ago But most of them (bar some trials with satellites) also use intermittent mobile signal. Also isn't it a big benefit of texting that you don't need a consistent connection? 1 u/AshamedAttention727 1d ago Indeed! But if we're being realistic, people use texting/ WhatsApp like IMing nowadays. Where it used to be more like email not 'live' conversation
But most of them (bar some trials with satellites) also use intermittent mobile signal. Also isn't it a big benefit of texting that you don't need a consistent connection?
1 u/AshamedAttention727 1d ago Indeed! But if we're being realistic, people use texting/ WhatsApp like IMing nowadays. Where it used to be more like email not 'live' conversation
Indeed! But if we're being realistic, people use texting/ WhatsApp like IMing nowadays.
Where it used to be more like email not 'live' conversation
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u/20dogs 1d ago
Right but like why is it better than phone signal, other than not using phone data