T Mobile Starlink Sat Phone

[treillw]

I'm considering switching over from Verizon to T-Mobile. One of the draws is that T-Mobile will be set up with starlink soon. It sounds like this will essentially take the place of an inreach and you will be able to send messages and call from the bowels of Hades.

The salesman said that it will be up and running in February likely, but online research shows is been pending for years. It also sounds like it will be exclusive to T-Mobile at least for the first year.

Anyone have any good information on this?

 

[tdhanses]

Think it was announce about a year and a half ago, they used it for hurricane relief and supposedly it worked flawlessly so I’d assume we’ll see something shortly. Also the new Apple iPhone 16 has this capability and they are giving 2yrs free service for the satellite texting when out of cell coverage, so there will be redundant options since the Apple offer is through the device not network service, so with TMO you’ll have 2 options to connect at some point if you have a new Apple phone.

Many have had good luck with the Apple satellite texting.

 

[butcherboy]

That would be nice with Starlink. My wife and I are thinking of switching to T-Mobile as well just because it’s way cheaper than Verizon.

 

[Z Barebow]

https://www.t-mobile.com/business/industry-solutions/connected-vehicle-network/direct-to-cell-communications-in-remote-areas

 

[Brewski]

My inreach has worked 100% of the time and I have no problem trusting my life to inreach in case of emergency.

Tmobile service and reliability is the opposite. Combined with an unproven and untested entire usa rollout of starlink cell service, immediate ceasing of operations if intereference occurs, and waiting up to 15 minutes to text (occurred for users during Helene) theres no way im trusting my life to this new shiny unproven technology. I'm waiting at least two years of proven reliable service.