T-Satellite - Any Experience?

[mevertsen]

Quick update on this.

Turns out I'm under contract with AT&T for 11 more months before my phone will be "unlocked". If I want to unlock it, I can pay $300, or I can just keep using my Zoleo until the phone is out of their payment thing. My phone bill shows the cost of the phone, but then shows a credit for the phone amount... So I don't pay for the phone, but if I want to unlock it, I need to pay for it... Next phone I'm ordering from Amazon unlocked so I don't have to deal with this kind of BS anymore.

Long story short, if you have a galaxy s23, you can get T-Satellite for $15/month, but I won't be messing around with it until next season.

Thanks for that.

I just got an S25.

I was thinking about the t mobile sat thing and actually was on the beta testing list for a while.

I declined the service in the end, which was no loss apparently.

Ill stick to my SPOT as well for the foreseeable future.

 

[rjthehunter]

Thanks for that.

I just got an S25.

I was thinking about the t mobile sat thing and actually was on the beta testing list for a while.

I declined the service in the end, which was no loss apparently.

Ill stick to my SPOT as well for the foreseeable future.

If you bought your phone outright, I would 100% do it. I just don't think it's worth paying off a "free" phone to get it. I'll end up replacing this phone with likely a s25 or s26 next year. Then I'll buy the phone outright from Amazon, save a few hundred bucks from the in store option, then I can add the second service to it for the satellite texting.

 

[Archer86]

I have been running the Verizon satellite texting this year with a s25 and for my use it has been perfect. Where i hunt. My daughter is currently 28 miles in horseback and has been texting us with the same setup s25 verizon satellite. She took a zoleo as a backup and said the s25 seams to be working faster.

 

[WVHUNTER99]

I had it for a month and got rid of it. Use the tmobile coverage chart to make sure its in your area before signing up.

 

[rjthehunter]

I had it for a month and got rid of it. Use the tmobile coverage chart to make sure its in your area before signing up.

Thats my beef with t mobile and why o wanted to stick with at&t but add the satellite feature. Which is possible!

 

[homers]

With T-Mobile satellite, isn’t there a way to disable t-mobile satellite and use Apple satellite on IPhones?

 

[quarterhorse]

Ok, but not great.
Could text, get weather and use OnX(very slow).
Would not connect during times of heavy cloud cover.
Would not connect if there was a hint of cell signal - even unusable cell signal.
For $10/month its ok. Would not be good for life or death situation.