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You can already call 911 without an active service plan. 911 calls will go through any cellular network the phone can physically communicate with.
by HeatrayEnjoyer 2y ago
You can already call 911 without an active service plan. 911 calls will go through any cellular network the phone can physically communicate with.
- modeless 2y agoand now the phone will be able to physically communicate with satellites literally anywhere on the surface of the Earth. A huge improvement! And while free emergency service has been the convention for terrestrial cell towers, SpaceX was under no obligation to extend the practice to satellite service. Existing satphone providers certainly did not.
- fragmede 2y agothere is a lot of backcountry with no cellular network that this opens up 911 calls for.