Discussion - T-Mobile boss throws cold water on the Starlink satellite-to-phone idea

This is bogus. There were commercial satellite phones back in the 90s and the miles above the earth claim for any phone communication doesn't hold.

Regain, it has the #1 spot and that isn't something that is changing everyday. They still ha r the best 5G network and sayellite options and TMO is right Starlink will only co er 13% of the US by the end of 2027 so Cellular will be winning for quite awhile. It is here it is now and it works in buildings.

Those aren't low orbiting and create too much of a delay. They were also very sporadic. It just wasn't the right use for them. Now its different but nothing before can be used now.

Yes , but if you ever see a video of them operating, a call would take 5 seconds to transmit from one user to the other ,

Truth. I worked in Alaska for a summer on a fishing boat back in 2007. The captain had a Sat phone to call his wife back in town. (It used both GPS (US) and GLONASS (RUS) so it always had satellites to pick from). No delay, just a normal telephone conversation. The only caveat was that you had to be out in the open, like if you were near a mountain you had to move away to a place with open sky. And this was over 20 years ago, I'm sure those phones are cheaper now and work even better.

If you are truly in a place that has no signal, you can get a dedicated Sat phone.

"T-Mobile is providing a limited satellite service for those who are living in the "unreachable" zones with its T-Satellite offering."

But T-Mo don't work in the country, so basically this would be anyone outside of the city limits of their nearest town.