SpaceX Activates Free Starlink Satellite Texting as Spain Wildfires Knock Out Mobile Networks
Starlink provides free satellite texting for wildfire-hit regions in Spain. LTE phones can stay connected even if terrestrial networks fail.
When wildfires knocked out regular phone towers in Spain, SpaceX's Starlink let people send texts from space instead—for free. This shows that satellite internet can help in emergencies, which might matter if you think about which companies can keep people connected when regular networks break.
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