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Is it time for 6G already? Traffic analysis says yep (www.theregister.com)
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[–] Rapidcreek@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Voice and data services are separate in the radio network. 4G and beyond does not change that. It's part of the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) standard.

Actually, text messages are more robust in some ways. But, your packets are going to a centralized server which forwards them on.