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Re:Starlink Direct to Cell by mr_toad on Thursday October 12, 2023 @12:52AM (#37853575)
If you have no data connection it will fall back to SMS.
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Re:Starlink Direct to Cell by lxgr on Thursday October 12, 2023 @08:16AM (#37856142)
What if I know that the recipient doesn’t have a data connection, but I do?

This is all incredibly clunky and one of the weakest points of iOS in my view. How can it be so hard to provide a switch that lets me use SMS proactively?

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