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10-09-2024, 09:10 AM
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In light of Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton, SpaceX has enabled satellite-based texting service for T-Mobile users for free in affected regions.
The service works best outdoors, but you can try to get it working near a window.
Satellite-based texting will allow users to send texts to their loved ones even if the conventional cell network goes down.
T-Mobile (https://www.androidauthority.com/best-t-mobile-deals-836582/) users in regions affected by Hurricane Helene and the soon-to-landfall Hurricane Milton have some small relief coming their way. SpaceX has announced (https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1843797123420303789) that it has enabled satellite-based basic texting service for T-Mobile users (https://www.androidauthority.com/t-mobile-starlink-satellite-connectivity-3207661/) in hurricane-affected users through its Starlink satellites, allowing them to text loved ones for free.
When a T-Mobile phone connects to a Starlink satellite instead of the regular network tower, it will have one to two bars of signal and show “T-Mobile SpaceX” in the network name. Once you see this, you will be able to send texts, though the announcement makes it clear that this is being offered on a best-effort basis. If your messages don’t go through, you can manually retry sending them.
More... (https://www.androidauthority.com/t-mobile-starlink-satellite-texting-florida-hurricane-milton-3488998/)
In light of Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton, SpaceX has enabled satellite-based texting service for T-Mobile users for free in affected regions.
The service works best outdoors, but you can try to get it working near a window.
Satellite-based texting will allow users to send texts to their loved ones even if the conventional cell network goes down.
T-Mobile (https://www.androidauthority.com/best-t-mobile-deals-836582/) users in regions affected by Hurricane Helene and the soon-to-landfall Hurricane Milton have some small relief coming their way. SpaceX has announced (https://x.com/SpaceX/status/1843797123420303789) that it has enabled satellite-based basic texting service for T-Mobile users (https://www.androidauthority.com/t-mobile-starlink-satellite-connectivity-3207661/) in hurricane-affected users through its Starlink satellites, allowing them to text loved ones for free.
When a T-Mobile phone connects to a Starlink satellite instead of the regular network tower, it will have one to two bars of signal and show “T-Mobile SpaceX” in the network name. Once you see this, you will be able to send texts, though the announcement makes it clear that this is being offered on a best-effort basis. If your messages don’t go through, you can manually retry sending them.
More... (https://www.androidauthority.com/t-mobile-starlink-satellite-texting-florida-hurricane-milton-3488998/)