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Globalstar fulfills the most crucial product requirement: emergency contact Starlink - by design - is not going to have as good coverage (at least, at a mass m
by karlgkk 2y ago
Globalstar fulfills the most crucial product requirement: emergency contact
Starlink - by design - is not going to have as good coverage (at least, at a mass market consumer price). And that’s okay
It’ll be interesting to see if Apple rolls out data via Starlink
- reaperducer 2y agoGlobalstar fulfills the most crucial product requirement: emergency contact I think people who don't go outside much underestimate how much this is used. Almost every week a hiker or tourist or someone is rescued in the wilds of California or Idaho or Nevada thanks to an iPhone SOS signal. You don't see it in the news much because it happens so often that it's not really news anymore. A friend recently joked that Apple is starving the coyotes of a regular food source.