Unless 100% of the population has a brand new phone not having text is a red flag. It's on a different protocol. When the earthquake cracked the Washington monument we had no cell service but could text.

https://www.twilio.com/en-us/learn/messaging/what-are-sms-and-mms

Updated phones have RCS, and require cell service to work.

https://www.wired.com/story/guide-to-rcs-why-it-makes-texting-better/

To recap what we had was great, but it seems they took it away just to make satalite phones look good.

Edit : My son said Jason Mamoa was posting at the beginning, and now has stopped. As the most famous Native Hawaiian I know, I am curious if he was threatened. We had to listen to him talk about sunblock damaging the coral reefs!

Unless 100% of the population has a brand new phone not having text is a red flag. It's on a different protocol. When the earthquake cracked the Washington monument we had no cell service but could text.

https://www.twilio.com/en-us/learn/messaging/what-are-sms-and-mms

Updated phones have RCS, and require cell service to work.

https://www.wired.com/story/guide-to-rcs-why-it-makes-texting-better/

To recap what we had was great, but it seems they took it away just to make satalite phones look good.

Edit : My son said Jason Mamoa was posting at the beginning, and now has stopped. As the most famous Native Hawaiian I know, I am curious if he was threatened. We had to listen to him talk about sunblock damaging the viral reefs!

Unless 100% of the population has a brand new phone not having text is a red flag. It's on a different protocol. When the earthquake cracked the Washington monument we had no cell service but could text.

https://www.twilio.com/en-us/learn/messaging/what-are-sms-and-mms

Updated phones have RCS, and require cell service to work.

https://www.wired.com/story/guide-to-rcs-why-it-makes-texting-better/

To recap what we had was great, but it seems they took it away just to make satalite phones look good.