Satellite Emergency Communications
The cluster discusses satellite-based SOS features and devices like Apple's emergency satellite connectivity and Garmin inReach for situations without cell service, such as natural disasters, hiking, or remote emergencies, comparing them to traditional phone alerts and radios.
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Could be useful for emergency alerts in natural disaster situations where cell coverage gets knocked out.
Isn't this what emergency alerts are for on our phones?
Seems like a good way to communicate emergency stuff. Maybe not good. Maybe just available.
Per a video someone else posted it seems there's communication with (probably just) emergency services which (for some use cases) is probably more useful than just a personal locator beacon.
"Situation is an Emergency for you" !== "Best action is to use your phone's Emergency functionality".
this isn't something you will use to watch youtube.>>>A 911 call may not be possible yet, but an SOS message containing basic information and coordinates certainly would bethis is an intermittently available emergency service for sites without signal.
In a real emergency the user might be unconscious or otherwise unable to push a button.
Yeah, a phone for emergencies is sensible. I mean they don't get to take their smartphone with GPS.
Did you replace it with a “dumb” phone for emergencies?
If you’re looking for emergency comms where cell service is unavailable, you can do really well with a 2m/70cm Baofeng UV-5R. It’ll run you like $60 between the technician’s license (easy to get) and the radio, no subscription. From mountains (no service), I’ve gotten into repeaters 60 miles away. Knowing the community on those frequencies, they’ll treat your emergency with the same respect and decorum as those submitted through the SOS feature (many even train for it through organizations