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The article seems to imply direct satellite to UE connections but doesn’t make any mention of what wireless protocol that would be through and what types of pho
by bryancoxwell 4y ago
The article seems to imply direct satellite to UE connections but doesn’t make any mention of what wireless protocol that would be through and what types of phones would have modems for whatever that technology is. Is there a more complete source out there?
- ianburrell 4y agoIt uses LTE and any phone should work.
- diebeforei485 4y agoThe new versions of their Starlink satellites with bigger and more advanced antennas will just pretend to be cell towers. Similar to a cruise ship or many aircraft (mostly outside North America).
- Idiot_in_Vain 4y agoSo does this only work with their V2 mini satelites?
- diebeforei485 4y agoCorrect. And it will also work with the future V2 satellites (non-mini), which require Starship for launch.
- KoftaBob 4y agoIt's referring to this partnership between T-Mobile and Starlink: https://www.t-mobile.com/news/un-carrier/t-mobile-takes-coverage-above-and-beyond-with-spacex https://www.t-mobile.com/news/un-carrier/t-mobile-takes-cove...
- Arrath 4y agoOh good maybe I'll finally get signal with T-Mobile
- TedDoesntTalk 4y agoRight after your phone number is SIM swapped away
- Arrath 4y agoFortunately its a work phone. That'll be IT's problem, not mine!
- kQq9oHeAz6wLLS 4y agoPerhaps I've been lucky, but in over 15 years with T-Mobile I haven't had any real problems to speak of.
- samstave 4y agoTmobile just bought another carrier... This is technology to track the poor.