Starlink goes down mere hours after T-Mobile's service goes live
T-Mobile's partnership with Starlink aims to eliminate dead zones. | Image credit — T-Mobile The 'un-carrier' has been building up to the public release of its satellite-powered services for a long time. There have been beta rollouts prior, and users have generally reviewed the service quite positively.
AT&T and Verizon won't be behind in this race for too long. Both carriers are partnering with AST SpaceMobile to bring users their own versions of satellite texting services. When the top three networks have rolled out their offerings, there shouldn't be any place in the U.S. that doesn't get cell reception.
T-Mobile will be rolling out satellite-powered data plans later this year as well, a few months before its rivals announce their own competing services publicly. The Starlink outage is a very rare occurrence, and honestly not something I expected to ever happen.
But, I suppose it serves as a strong reminder that even the most robust networks aren't prone to failures. Let's just hope something similar doesn't happen when a stranded user needs this service the most. Switch to a 2-month Total 5G or 5G+ plan with Total Wireless and score this foldable deal.
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