T-Mobile and SpaceX Starlink say your 5G phone will connect to satellites next year
by Mitchell Clark from The Verge - All Posts on (#62XNN)
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge T-Mobile says it's getting rid of mobile dead zones, thanks to a new partnership with SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet, at an event hosted by T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert and Elon Musk. With their Coverage Above and Beyond" setup, mobile phones could connect to satellites and use a slice of a connection providing around 2 to 4 Megabits per second connection (total) across a given coverage area.
That connection should be enough to let you text, send MMS messages, and even use select messaging apps" whenever you have a clear view of the sky, even if there's no traditional service available. According to a press release from T-Mobile, the satellite-to-cellular service" will be available everywhere in the continental US, Hawaii, parts...