One NZ launches with SpaceX collaboration announcement

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#3370506 5-May-2025 11:18

Does the satellite signal penetrate concrete buildings will poor signal, behind a hill with poor signal, etc?

Have a lot of black spot issues like this in Otago

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#3370650 5-May-2025 17:55

Batman:

Does the satellite signal penetrate concrete buildings will poor signal, behind a hill with poor signal, etc?

Have a lot of black spot issues like this in Otago

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#3370652 5-May-2025 18:30

Batman:

Does the satellite signal penetrate concrete buildings will poor signal, behind a hill with poor signal, etc?

Have a lot of black spot issues like this in Otago

@Batman yes that is why satellite dishes are on roof tops poiting at the Sky direct line of site to Satellites

A standard cell tower would have trouble penetraning a concrete building let alone a satellite 100s of km up in the Sky!

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#3370896 6-May-2025 12:05

Hi

Does anyone have a S22 to know if SpaceX works with it?

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#3370897 6-May-2025 12:08

hasole: Hi

Does anyone have a S22 to know if SpaceX works with it?

@hasole Approved handset list is on the OneNZ website

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#3370930 6-May-2025 15:18

I have yet to use it. Lacklustre 3G and 4G services may as well not exist in some areas as all they do is preclude you from using this service entirely. Shame there is no choice to force access to it or to fall over to it after say 30 seconds of the mobile network not responding.

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#3371043 7-May-2025 09:48

looks like Apple are pushing Sat connectivity to more legacy devices..

"Apple says that satellite connectivity provided by carriers will be enabled on all ‌iPhone‌ 13 models, including the ‌iPhone‌ 13, ‌iPhone‌ 13 mini, ‌iPhone‌ 13 Pro, and ‌iPhone‌ 13 Pro Max. To use the feature, ‌iPhone‌ 13 users will need cellular service that offers a satellite connectivity option, and there are several carriers that have been rolling out the functionality.

In the United States, T-Mobile has partnered with SpaceX to provide customers with Starlink Direct service for connecting to Starlink satellites when Wi-Fi and cellular connectivity are unavailable. au and One NZ have also introduced satellite connectivity, as has Verizon, though Verizon's satellite option does not currently work with ‌iPhone‌."

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/05/06/ios-18-5-satellite-connectivity-iphone-13/

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#3371094 7-May-2025 10:40

Is there anyone here who has found this genuinely useful? I'm curious as to what the use case is for it.

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#3371095 7-May-2025 10:43

alasta:

Is there anyone here who has found this genuinely useful? I'm curious as to what the use case is for it.

If you are in Rural NZ this is a god send,...

There are plenty of places where there is no mobile coverage, so to have text message support is huge...

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#3371102 7-May-2025 11:10

alasta:

Is there anyone here who has found this genuinely useful? I'm curious as to what the use case is for it.

There are a lot of place I go to play that don't have any cell coverage. It's been great to let my wife / friends know that my return time is going to be a few hours later than expected, and I'm not lying injured in some gully somewhere. It has given me the freedom to change plans on the go and let people know I'm going to be a few hours late if I have seen something that's maybe worth a look at while out and about in the middle of nowhere.

Note: In the south island, "nowhere" can be as little as 1/2 hour out of town and have no cell coverage.

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#3371104 7-May-2025 11:23

djtOtago:

alasta:

Is there anyone here who has found this genuinely useful? I'm curious as to what the use case is for it.

There are a lot of place I go to play that don't have any cell coverage. It's been great to let my wife / friends know that my return time is going to be a few hours later than expected, and I'm not lying injured in some gully somewhere. It has given me the freedom to change plans on the go and let people know I'm going to be a few hours late if I have seen something that's maybe worth a look at while out and about in the middle of nowhere.

Note: In the south island, "nowhere" can be as little as 1/2 hour out of town and have no cell coverage.

I was going to say something similar... Also if something does happen, you have another option to get details out (but not to be relied on as a safety device)

It gives you a soft option, if you don't require the S&R calvalry 🙃

I'm not a complete idiot, I still have some parts missing.

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#3371108 7-May-2025 11:38

sittingduckz:

It gives you a soft option, if you don't require the S&R calvalry 🙃

Just as Personal Locators and devices like the Garmin InReach drove "Mountain Radio" out of business, satellite texting will hugely shrink the market for PLBS....

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#3375243 21-May-2025 12:31

For those who have used it how does it generally perform under tree cover?

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