forgot that used to be a thing, nowadays i just post comments on Lemmy

I have not used network calls since online messaging/calls was invented.

Not call but we are in discord calls.

You guys have people to call?

Post your phone number.

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well i certainly never call anyone im a sheltered people who have no respect for society

I just go to bed at 11, like i would on any other day off😅

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.

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’m usually visiting my parents during new year, so I just text a few friends. We usually meet up later in the day, though.

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 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!

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.