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09 Oct

T-Mobile and Starlink enable their satellite texting service in Florida

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The Federal Communications Commission has given Starlink and T-Mobile permission to enable their satellite texting service for Florida residents ahead of Hurricane Milton's landfall. In an announcement on X, SpaceX said that Starlink's Direct to Cell satellites will provide emergency alerts for all phones and carriers, not just T-Mobile's, for those in affected areas. The companies have also enabled basic texting for T-Mobile subscribers, so that they can send and receive texts, as well as text 911 for emergencies, even if they get cut off from the carrier's network in the midst of the storm.SpaceX said the companies have activated…

03 Sep

Elon Musk’s Starlink will comply with the Brazil X ban after all

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Update, September 3, 5:15PM ET: Starlink has reversed course on its decision to not comply with Brazil’s block of X. In a statement posted to X, the company said:“To our customers in Brazil (who may not be able to read this as a result of X being blocked by @alexandre):The Starlink team is doing everything possible to keep you connected.Following last week’s order from @alexandre that froze Starlink’s finances and prevents Starlink from conducting financial transactions in Brazil, we immediately initiated legal proceedings in the Brazilian Supreme Court explaining the gross illegality of this order and asking the Court to…

02 Sep

Starlink is refusing to comply with Brazil’s X ban

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After the country’s Supreme Court , the platform was largely unavailable in the country by Sunday night. The only ways to access X since then have been through VPNs (for those willing to risk huge fines) and , the satellite internet service that’s also run by X owner Elon Musk.The president of Brazil’s telecom agency, Anatel, said that Starlink refused to comply with the court order until officials released its frozen assets, reports. Alexandre de Moraes, the Supreme Court justice who has been on the warpath against X, also , which is a SpaceX subsidiary. Moraes, who has accused X…

30 Aug

Starlink’s local bank accounts are frozen as X prepares to be shut down in Brazil

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A judge in Brazil has blocked Starlink’s bank accounts in the country amid a deepening dispute with X. The move comes as the same Supreme Court judge has threatened to shut down X in the country, and is a direct response to the ongoing legal battle with the social media company, Reuters .X owner Elon Musk has been feuding with Brazil Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes for months over demands to block certain accounts in the country. The company its operations in Brazil earlier this month as a result of the court orders, which X has as “censorship orders.”Now,…

21 Jun

SpaceX starts selling the Starlink Mini for $599 in select locations

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SpaceX has started offering some users a new Starlink kit that's small enough to fit in a backpack, so users can take it wherever they want to and get access to the company's satellite internet service. The Starlink Mini will cost users $599 up front, according to the emails SpaceX has sent out. That's $100 more than the standard dish kit, and users will need to have an existing standard service plan because they can only tack on the Mini Roam service for an additional fee of $30 a month. As TechCrunch notes, a Starlink residential customer will have to…