Democracy Dies in Darkness
How T-Mobile and SpaceX are teaming up to give you coverage from space
The age of the cellular dead zone may be ending.
7 min

Driving down a lonely stretch of highway. Trekking through verdant backcountry. Waiting out a severe storm.
These are all situations where traditional cell service can quickly falter, or disappear entirely. But if T-Mobile and SpaceX get their way, cellular dead zones may finally go extinct, in the United States anyway.
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