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Spectral density is a major factor. It is a shame that SMS and other low MTU packets aren't transmitted over a low bandwidth channel, or at least as a failover

by ryacko 7y ago

Spectral density is a major factor. It is a shame that SMS and other low MTU packets aren't transmitted over a low bandwidth channel, or at least as a failover option. SMS coverage would be doubled in range, at least.

jcims 7y ago
Like pagers? Probably just a function of effectively duplicating all of the management/authentication/security on top of another physical layer.
- ryacko 7y ago
  No, like LTE Cat NB1 or LTE Cat 0, but at higher transmit power.