T Mobile Starlink Sat Phone

[Sccritterkiller]

It's gonna be longer than you think before Tmo uses starlink for sat comms...still has to be approved by FCC..VzW/Att have filed suit to stop the approval. BE lucky if it's available by Feb.

https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/att-and-verizon-outline-opposition-to-t-mobile-and-spacexs-satellite-service-amid-fears-of-interference/

 

[treillw]

It's gonna be longer than you think before Tmo uses starlink for sat comms...still has to be approved by FCC..VzW/Att have filed suit to stop the approval. BE lucky if it's available by Feb.

https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/att-and-verizon-outline-opposition-to-t-mobile-and-spacexs-satellite-service-amid-fears-of-interference/

I was seeing that they got FCC approval like 5 days ago.

 

[tdhanses]

FCC Clears SpaceX's Cellular Starlink For Commercial Operations

The US regulator is also allowing SpaceX to orbit some of the company's Starlink satellites closer to Earth, which should reduce latency.

www.pcmag.com

 

[tdhanses]

It's gonna be longer than you think before Tmo uses starlink for sat comms...still has to be approved by FCC..VzW/Att have filed suit to stop the approval. BE lucky if it's available by Feb.

https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/att-and-verizon-outline-opposition-to-t-mobile-and-spacexs-satellite-service-amid-fears-of-interference/

That’s just the enhancement to voice and internet, texting has passed but this is also standard when a competitor is failing behind to try and limit the ones growing, we see this in all industries but in the end it means little, all this is a means so they can tell their shareholders they tried.

 

[bliner]

I tried using the Verizon satellite texting a few weeks ago, and couldn’t get the text to go through. I was in a canyon so that was probably the issue, but I’m not going to get rid of my Zoleo anytime soon.

 

[Sccritterkiller]

FCC Clears SpaceX's Cellular Starlink For Commercial Operations

The US regulator is also allowing SpaceX to orbit some of the company's Starlink satellites closer to Earth, which should reduce latency.

www.pcmag.com

Interesting...was hunting all last week missed the approval...

 

[displacedtexan]

Funny, pretty easy to tell you don’t keep up with leaps in technology, Verizon is now 10yrs behind tmobile since the 5G jump.

Spectrum holdings are key and tmobile has a vast portfolio since the merger with sprint.

Sprint coverage is still garbage compared to AT&T and Verizon.

 

[tdhanses]

Sprint coverage is still garbage compared to AT&T and Verizon.

I’d think considering Sprint hasn’t been around for 4yrs.

 

[displacedtexan]

I’d think considering Sprint hasn’t been around for 4yrs.

That's what you were using as proof they weren't trash. That they merged with other trash.

 

[WoolyBugger]

I will say, I switched from Verizon to T-Mobile this summer and in my area it’s sucked. I’ll just not have service randomly or have service but can’t load or get texts out. But my phone bill was cut in half by switching and I got the new iPhone 16 pro max.

The Apple satellite texting worked perfectly for me in CO during 1st rifle. Only time it wouldn’t work is in places where the satellites were obviously too low or behind a mtn. But waited a few min and another satellite came by.

 

[Marshfly]

Watching people that can't comprehend that different cell providers work better in different areas of the country argue back and forth is amusing.