AbleGuy
Officious Intermeddler
If these plans work out as they are being promised, soon many of us will be able to use Starlink on our phones to help us send and receive text messages when we are in areas where we are otherwise out of the service signal of our phone provider.
https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/st...-in-two-weeks-check-if-youll-get-it-for-free/
(from the article)
In two weeks, you could be able to send a text message -- or even a photo, video or voice note -- from deep inside a national park or mountain pass. That's the future T-Mobile envisions, as its partnership with SpaceX's Starlink satellite service gets ready to launch on July 23. The alliance will provide direct-to-cell messaging service, called T-Satellite, which will also be available to AT&T and Verizon cellphonecustomers.
The direct-to-cell messaging service represents a major step forward in mobile technology: It works with most phones made during the last four years, according to T-Mobile, instead of requiring dedicated hardware. It'll be available to T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon customers for $10 a month -- or free for anyone on T-Mobile's Experience
Beyond or Go5G Next plans.
However, you might still benefit even if you don't sign up, as T-Mobile will make the service free for emergency uses. The company said 911 texting will be available later this year to "any mobile customer with a compatible device, regardless of carrier or whether or not they are subscribed to the service."
There’s more in-depth information in the article, so if you’re interested, you might want to click on the link and see what this is exactly going to add to your backcountry travel safety kit
https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/st...-in-two-weeks-check-if-youll-get-it-for-free/
(from the article)
In two weeks, you could be able to send a text message -- or even a photo, video or voice note -- from deep inside a national park or mountain pass. That's the future T-Mobile envisions, as its partnership with SpaceX's Starlink satellite service gets ready to launch on July 23. The alliance will provide direct-to-cell messaging service, called T-Satellite, which will also be available to AT&T and Verizon cellphonecustomers.
The direct-to-cell messaging service represents a major step forward in mobile technology: It works with most phones made during the last four years, according to T-Mobile, instead of requiring dedicated hardware. It'll be available to T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon customers for $10 a month -- or free for anyone on T-Mobile's Experience
Beyond or Go5G Next plans.
However, you might still benefit even if you don't sign up, as T-Mobile will make the service free for emergency uses. The company said 911 texting will be available later this year to "any mobile customer with a compatible device, regardless of carrier or whether or not they are subscribed to the service."
There’s more in-depth information in the article, so if you’re interested, you might want to click on the link and see what this is exactly going to add to your backcountry travel safety kit
