Eli5: what happens to the things I send when someone doesn’t have service?

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When I send a bunch of things to someone and they don’t have service (i.e. on an airplane, in mountains, etc) what happens to all the data that’s been sent? They get everything all at once when they’re back in service, so is the data just like waiting in the network for the signal to be restored?

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It’s like boats in a canal waiting for the lock to open. Once it’s open, the boats go in one at a time.

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