alt Hacker NewsThis is something I needed to hear for months. Thank you.
I'll work towards that. I'll need to figure out how to prove the poc is useful.
Apple's "Connect to a Satellite" touches on that, but it's not available for most of the world or on old devices. :|
Starlink is rolling out direct-to-unmodified-cellphone soon, to provide SMS connectivity to devices in locations that would otherwise be completely offline. It will work on standard, unmodified phones (if they are outside and can see the sky).
Admittedly doesn’t work under rubble, but should work in the usual/general case.