T-Mobile phones will be connected to SpaceX Starlink satellites late next year. T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert also stated that it the company is seeking to work with carriers worldwide for the services. The best part of the service is the price. It will likely be free for T-Mobile’s most popular plans. It might cost more for less expensive plans.
Staying connected during Natural Disasters
Teslarati reporter Johnna Crider talked to Elon Musk during her interview about using Starlink services during natural disasters. “When we had Ida, my power was out for a week. When the hurricane hit, the communications and southeast Louisiana were completely wiped out. We were using–I forgot the name of the app but Cajun Navy uses it this app to rescue people,” she told Musk.
“Starlink would definitely help organizations like the Cajun Navy as well as others just to be able to communicate better especially with government [agencies, I meant to say]. And not just in my area but other areas, too. It would be cool to see something like that on a more–installed on your phone to keep people connected.” Crider added.
Elon Musk replied, saying: “Certainly one’s phone is capable of behaving at least as a short range walkie-talkie even if it’s not connected to the internet in anyway. We could basically create a WiFi bridge.”
During the SpaceX + T-Mobile update event, Elon Musk mentioned talked about the new service being helpful during natural disasters. “Even if an entire region or country was lost to connectivity because of a severe hurricane or floods or fires, or tornadoes…earthquakes–there are so many natural disasters obviously. Even if all cell towers were taken out, your phone would still work.”
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