T-Mobile Starlink service now open to everyone in the US, is free to use until July
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- 17 Feb 2025
Anonymous, 12 Feb 2025more satellites in space = more unnecessary radiation = mor... moreYou're going to have a tough time trying to use your mobile phone with an ethernet cable...
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- 12 Feb 2025
more satellites in space = more unnecessary radiation = more e-trash in space
no thank you. I prefer my wired ethernet connection.
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- Iby
- 11 Feb 2025
Yamahajo, 11 Feb 2025I think that's what people fail to realize when they b... moreThere are so few of us Americans on here, but I don't think anyone is seriously recommending that we run out and buy Chinese phones, nor are we recommending them to anyone else domestically. (The Japanese phones that only work in Japan are more interesting, but y'all aren't ready for that conversation.)
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- 11 Feb 2025
BoinkyLoinky, 10 Feb 2025American here. Personally for me, it's T-Mobile. Othe... moreI think that's what people fail to realize when they buy these chinese phones... they aren't set up to run on American networks.... so they don't work. Glad you put it into terms so people MIGHT realize this BEFORE they buy
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- 11 Feb 2025
S, 11 Feb 2025Total cost per month would be what?It LITERALLY broke down pricing in the story. Did you even read it???
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- YYX
- 11 Feb 2025
S, 11 Feb 2025Total cost per month would be what?Fifth paragraph.
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- 11 Feb 2025
The world is able to be interconnected flawlessly... and then the Antichrist comes. Appropriate timing.
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- 11 Feb 2025
Total cost per month would be what?
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- 10 Feb 2025
Ajasin, 10 Feb 2025Not from U.S,
But which is the best network service provid... moreAmerican here.
Personally for me, it's T-Mobile. Other services (AT&T, Verizon, etc.) are notorious among US imported Chinese phone users (except OnePlus since they're officially sold here) for not allowing their service to work on their phones.
Although keep in mind that iPhones have the majority market share in the US, androids are the minority here. Chinese phones that aren't OnePlus are not sold here, and don't even have the same cellular bands, making 5G on them impossible since they require N71.
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- 6Fi
- 10 Feb 2025
I would've been all for Starlink if it weren't for the fact that you can easily mistake one for a star. It puts stargazers at a huge disadvantage, whether it be amateurs or academic researchers.
I'm usually not someone with strong values/moral codes (you can tell with my support for AI in other comments), but stuff like this makes me very unwilling to support regardless of how good it is.
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- MisterTrueRomance
- 8mP
- 10 Feb 2025
It's good to see the less fortunate of the world get free internet access. No wait.
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- Anonymous
- Iby
- 10 Feb 2025
T-Dizzle, 10 Feb 2025Coverage and speed depends on where you are geographically. I'd say that T-Mobile is better in most urban areas, while Verizon is better in the rural East and AT&T is better in the rural West. So Starlink makes it possible for T-Mobile to have a modicum of service in the middle of nowhere without the massive infrastructure costs that AT&T and Verizon have already borne. It's disappointing that they're charging for it on most plans, and only currently supporting a small handful of phones when back in 2022 they seemed to suggest that virtually all phones would work out of the box.
On the flip side, even with the new administration, I'd expect the FCC to take strong action if T-Mobile is somehow blocking emergency 911 access to non-subscribers, since that is the one rule of telephony no one can get away with breaking. T-Mobile has constantly crowed that they're using normal frequencies (LTE Band 25 if I'm remembering correctly) so they have no excuses here.
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- 10 Feb 2025
Ajasin, 10 Feb 2025Not from U.S, But which is the best network service provid... moreCoverage and speed depends on where you are geographically.
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- 10 Feb 2025
I hope Elon Musk will bring this to my country. I'll definitely need it when I'm going back to my hometown up in the mountain range. Yes, my hometown is up the mountain range. Here in my country we have Starlink internet service. Now, I'm hoping for this.
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- r31
- 10 Feb 2025
Not from U.S,
But which is the best network service provider there in terms of speed and coverage. 🤔
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- 10 Feb 2025
IpsDisplay, 10 Feb 2025Wow so it's possible without any specialized satellite... moreno, Starlink was for the good of the people in waste lands..it was totally not to spy on others ;) Absolutely..who would have thought
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- 10 Feb 2025
Wow so it's possible without any specialized satellite mobile phone hardware that we saw in flagships?
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- 10 Feb 2025
Anonymous, 10 Feb 2025Elon Musk's satellite service.No thanks
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- 10 Feb 2025
Elon Musk's satellite service.