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		cduan on June 4, 2008 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Rules To Follow When Cell Phones Drop Coverage Why don't we make like TCP/IP packets: if there's a collision (i.e., you reach voicemail on a callback after a dropped call), wait a random number of seconds before trying to call again. I actually do this all the time, and it works great.

xirium on June 4, 2008 [–]

Exponential backoff also works exceptionally well in the case of dead batteries.

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