<story><title>Emergency SOS via satellite is included for free with iPhone 14 Pro for 2 years</title><url>https://www.apple.com/iphone-14-pro/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>megablast</author><text>Why would they need 85% capacity for emergeny only SMS. How many people are getting into trouble on their boats??</text></item><item><author>OvidStavrica</author><text>&amp;quot;Globalstar said it is allocating 85% of its current and future network capacity to support the services and has agreed to prioritize the services on its network.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.satellitetoday.com&amp;#x2F;telecom&amp;#x2F;2022&amp;#x2F;09&amp;#x2F;07&amp;#x2F;apple-to-debut-iphone-with-emergency-messaging-enabled-by-globalstar-satellites&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.satellitetoday.com&amp;#x2F;telecom&amp;#x2F;2022&amp;#x2F;09&amp;#x2F;07&amp;#x2F;apple-to-d...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mplewis</author><text>Lots of people get into trouble all the time and don&amp;#x27;t have a PLB or satellite messenger on them. It&amp;#x27;s not just on boats – hikers and climbers in the mountains get themselves into dangerous situations frequently.&lt;p&gt;Globalstar is probably preparing for an influx of new users to their service who would otherwise not own a satellite-capable device.</text></comment>
<story><title>Emergency SOS via satellite is included for free with iPhone 14 Pro for 2 years</title><url>https://www.apple.com/iphone-14-pro/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>megablast</author><text>Why would they need 85% capacity for emergeny only SMS. How many people are getting into trouble on their boats??</text></item><item><author>OvidStavrica</author><text>&amp;quot;Globalstar said it is allocating 85% of its current and future network capacity to support the services and has agreed to prioritize the services on its network.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.satellitetoday.com&amp;#x2F;telecom&amp;#x2F;2022&amp;#x2F;09&amp;#x2F;07&amp;#x2F;apple-to-debut-iphone-with-emergency-messaging-enabled-by-globalstar-satellites&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.satellitetoday.com&amp;#x2F;telecom&amp;#x2F;2022&amp;#x2F;09&amp;#x2F;07&amp;#x2F;apple-to-d...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>dghlsakjg</author><text>Boats? Denver to California is basically only covered if you can see a paved road… and their aren’t a ton of paved roads. Let’s not get into Canada, even on the main highway there are plenty of dead spots.&lt;p&gt;Also, don’t overestimate their bandwidth. I rented a sat-phone once for weather updates mid Atlantic. Text only emails could take a minute to ul&amp;#x2F;dl with full reception.</text></comment>