T-Mobile users can now try Starlink’s satellite service for free – here’s how [Video]

Slowly but surely, Starlink is growing into a leading broadband internet alternative. Its network of low Earth orbit satellites ensures its users high-speed internet access, even in areas where traditional infrastructure such as cell towers can’t reach. Soon, that technology can provide service to your T-Mobile mobile device. 

Last week, several T-Mobile users shared on social media that they had received access to the carrier’s Starlink beta progrram, which was announced last month. The program aims to eliminate dead zones by leveraging Starlink’s 300 direct‑to‑cell satellites to provide coverage for 500,000 square miles of land in the US that are not covered by cell towers, according to T-Mobile. 

Starlink will support only texting for now, but T-Mobile shares that the service eventually will be expanding to data and voice. The free beta provides users with high-speed internet connectivity in challenging-to-access places such as rural locations, concerts, and even airplanes. 

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