The same thing that already happens when thereβs a huge crowd of people in one spot - they overwhelm the cell towers and you canβt load anything on your phone. Not all that exciting.
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Well, since cell phones use towers that define a coverage area "cell" and don't use satellites for comm, no satellites would be affected.
A satellite software crash
Consumer grade GPS/GNSS is unidirectional, so would completely unaffected. Cell towers will be overloaded but thats not a problem really. People would just stop using their phones again right away, because they cant go online.
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