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Can I Opt Out of the new Starlink Program?
I love T-Mobile, been a customer for about a decade but I do not want my money going towards Starlink. Is there any way to opt out of it?
I feel the same way. Generally I am ok with T-Mobile, but I don't think supporting Elon Musk is a good publicity move. I started looking for other carriers as I don't want to support Elon Musk with my money. I hope that T-Mobile reconsiders this partnership.
Look at what's happening to Tesla. T-Mobile needs to rethink their how their association with Elon Musk can impact them as Musk continues wrecking our Federal Government. If you sleep with wild dogs you will get fleas.
I don't know if T-Mobile can back out. AT&T and Verizon have already announced their plans to bring satellite capability to their customers. From what I understand T-Mobile started working on this deal a couple of years ago, long before Elon switched from an EV guru to the political stuff he's been up to the past few of months. For T-Mobile to just drop their partnership with Starlink and start from zero would be saying to their customers that if they want satellite capability, go to AT&T or Verizon.
I'm not telling you what to do, do what you want. But I do worry that T-Mobile could be either done for or done for.
democracy or T-mobile?
Not a hard choice
The carriers should pool their resources to provide the equivalent service even if takes a while.
And why should all carriers pool their resources and provide equivalent services? Has anyone offered T-Mobile an alternative satellite service? Do you know for sure that AT&T or Verizon would share their satellite services with T-Mobile for a reasonable price? And can you guarantee that the CEO of whatever alternative satellite service won't suddenly become a politician himself?
