Originally Posted By: airballrad
I used satellite texting from my iPhone 15 during Milton to let loved ones know we were OK. We lost landline internet for four days and cellular for about 12 hours. I know people who lost all infrastructure-dependent comms for days after Helene. Nice feature to have, but I'll be interested to see what costs are associated once the honeymoon period for this stuff runs out.


Yeah, details will be interesting.

Still not clear if emergency calls will be routed, believe it's a requirement of land based infrastructure even with phones without a simcard.