> You don't extend cell phone coverage across millions of acres of protected national park space for edge cases like "saving someone's life". Safety of life is

> You don't extend cell phone coverage across millions of acres of protected national park space for edge cases like "saving someone's life". Safety of life is not an edge case. Distress signals have been consistently regarded as the most crucial traffic (and have been prioritised and released from requirements (like the duty to use the least power needed, licencing requirements) that apply to other users) on radio links for more than a century.