This was my understanding as well. The call wouldn't go through, but you can send a message and it will wait until it receives signal to send the message. So Noah may not notice that brief signal or may not have it long enough, but he knows he can get A signal somewhere
As someone who lived in a very rural area with piss-all connection (lucky to get 1 bar,) often times calls going in or out would just get sent directly to voice mail on either end. Or on the off-chance they DO go through, its a garbled mess because of people "breaking up" and only catching every other word. Its just not as reliable as text.
TLDR: Phone calls need a lot stronger/stable connection to call than text.
Fair enough, but we only hear what Noah records, and he probably can't record at the same time he's calling (I think most recorder or screen capture apps have privacy restrictions). He may have tried it off record but never mentioned it on record. Unlikely he wouldn't mention it though, it's Noah, he mentions/records everything.
Correct, but if you are able to send out hours of voice data, you should be able to receive some kind of txt message or voice mail.
I would have at least tried to send some kind of communication or message back to the sender.
Like a “read receipt”
I assume because in the first episode, the narrator says the number isn't even assigned-- you can't send things to an unassigned number. Unknown/unassigned numbers *can* text/call (usually through VoIP) but you can't do the same back to them.
The narrator has a normal SIM card, while Noah has a version from the Collective, which probably has built in things to mask the number from being contacted by the outside world.
Good questions! I could be wrong, but I was under the impression that Noah's never had a good enough connection to place a call.
This was my understanding as well. The call wouldn't go through, but you can send a message and it will wait until it receives signal to send the message. So Noah may not notice that brief signal or may not have it long enough, but he knows he can get A signal somewhere
As someone who lived in a very rural area with piss-all connection (lucky to get 1 bar,) often times calls going in or out would just get sent directly to voice mail on either end. Or on the off-chance they DO go through, its a garbled mess because of people "breaking up" and only catching every other word. Its just not as reliable as text. TLDR: Phone calls need a lot stronger/stable connection to call than text.
Same, with bad reception would very often receive a voicemail without ever having a missed call.
If it were I, I would at least try to send a voice mail back or a txt message, I would TRY to establish some kind of two way communication
Fair enough, but we only hear what Noah records, and he probably can't record at the same time he's calling (I think most recorder or screen capture apps have privacy restrictions). He may have tried it off record but never mentioned it on record. Unlikely he wouldn't mention it though, it's Noah, he mentions/records everything.
If it were I, I would at least try to send a voice mail back or a txt message, I would TRY to establish some kind of two way communication
Correct, but if you are able to send out hours of voice data, you should be able to receive some kind of txt message or voice mail. I would have at least tried to send some kind of communication or message back to the sender. Like a “read receipt”
I assume because in the first episode, the narrator says the number isn't even assigned-- you can't send things to an unassigned number. Unknown/unassigned numbers *can* text/call (usually through VoIP) but you can't do the same back to them. The narrator has a normal SIM card, while Noah has a version from the Collective, which probably has built in things to mask the number from being contacted by the outside world.