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I Tried T-Mobile’s New Satellite Service for Texting in Dead Zones. Here’s How It’s Different

I Tried T-Mobile’s New Satellite Service for Texting in Dead Zones. Here’s How It’s Different

If you’ve traveled to remote areas where cellular coverage doesn’t reach, you know that anxious feeling when your communications slam to a halt. T-Mobile‘s new $10 a month Starlink-based satellite texting service, T-Satellite, which went live today, takes a different approach from other satellite services to provide mobile access even within the half a million square miles of wireless dead zones in …

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Starlink Texting Launches on Big Three Phone Carriers Today. Check if You’ll Get for Free

Starlink Texting Launches on Big Three Phone Carriers Today. Check if You’ll Get for Free

T-Mobile’s partnership with SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet service is finally here, enabling customers to send texts from anywhere in the country, regardless of their proximity to a cellular tower. The direct-to-cell messaging service, called T-Satellite, is also be available to AT&T and Verizon cellphone customers. T-Mobile says its goal is to “eliminate mobile dead zones for good” by way of …

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