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T-Mobile Users can try Starlink-enabled Phone Service for free during Beta.

T-Mobile's announcement said the service using Starlink's low-Earth orbit satellites will "provide coverage for the 500,000 square miles of land in the United States not covered by earth-bound cell towers."

t-mobile.com/news/network/t-mo

Starlink parent SpaceX has so far launched over 300 satellites with direct-to-cell capabilities. The registration page says, "We expect the beta to begin in early 2025, starting with texting and expanding to data and voice over time. The beta is open to all T-Mobile postpaid customers for free, but capacity is limited." <https://www.t-mobile.com/coverage/satellite-phone-service> While not yet ready for full commercial service, T-Mobile Starlink was turned on temporarily to provide a critical communication option for those without any other means to reach emergency responders and loved ones during Hurricanes Helene and Milton," the carrier said. "Even without the full constellation in place, customers with capable devices were able to receive critical emergency alerts and send and receive messages when satellites were overhead." T-Mobile said the Starlink-enabled service will be "much more user friendly" than previous satellite phone services. The carrier said "users will not need to hold their phone up to search for a signal. Both inbound and outbound messages are sent and received just like any other message." T-Mobile also said there are parts of the US where it will likely never offer coverage from cell towers. T-Mobile Starlink will "make the phone in your pocket work in areas of the US that have never, and probably never will, have ground based coverage," said T-Mobile President of Marketing, Strategy and Products Mike Katz.
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Dec 23, 2024, 01:29 PM·Public·Metatext
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