Mobile phones are the means of communication in this modern fast-paced life. It is truly an icon in the global village, enabling people to keep in touch with their nearer and dear ones. Yet at times of catastrophe (natural or man-made), the mobile network fails, because of the unprecedented surge in the traffic. Most of the modern cellular networks are designed to withstand 200% surge in traffic, but during crisis time, the network traffic increases geometrically leading to failure of most of the cellular networks, while some cellular companies have designed their network to reject calls beyond a certain threshold limit.
During crisis time, most of the people try frantically to know about the well-being of their beloved ones by calling them in their mobile phone, realising little that, their cellular operator network is down. This anxiety can cause enormous amount of stress and stress related problems to their health.
Unfortunately the technology hasn’t developed so much, that when there is unexpected surge in the amount of traffic, the networks can dynamically change their operating patterns. The need of the hour is to educate the people about the usage of the mobile phones during the time of crisis, basic things like sending SMS rather voice calls, can enable more people to establish connection with their dear ones at the same time.
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