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@bscholl tweeted "This won’t age well." in response to Sawyer Merritt quoting the…

2026-08-07 · 17:43 UTC ·@bscholl ·0 min read

Brief

Author @bscholl mocked a T‑Mobile CEO claim that satellite rivals like Starlink pose an exaggerated threat and will remain 'complementary,' tweeting 'This won’t age well.' Sawyer Merritt's quote includes SpaceX COO Gwynne Shotwell saying SpaceX expects to 'acquire quite a few' customers from AT&T, Verizon and T‑Mobile, plans to launch Starlink Mobile V2 satellites next year and begin service at the end of 2027.

Why it matters

@bscholl tweeted "This won’t age well." in response to Sawyer Merritt quoting the T‑Mobile CEO, who said the threat from satellite companies such as Starlink has been exaggerated and that satellite technology will remain "complementary" to existing mobile networks.

Key details

  • SpaceX President/COO Gwynne Shotwell said SpaceX expects to "acquire quite a few" customers from AT&T, Verizon and T‑Mobile; she added SpaceX will launch Starlink Mobile V2 satellites next year and plans to begin service at the end of 2027.
Source evidence

This won’t age well.

Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt)

T-Mobile CEO on @Starlink Mobile: "The threat posed to mobile operators from satellite companies such as Starlink has been exaggerated and I struggle to see which consumer problems they would solve by entering the market." He believes satellite technology will remain “complementary” to existing networks.

SpaceX President/COO Gwynne Shotwell said she anticipated SpaceX being able to “acquire quite a few” customers from the big three US mobile network operators - AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile.

SpaceX will launch Starlink Mobile V2 satellites next year and plans to begin its service at the end of 2027, Shotwell added.

— https://nitter.net/SawyerMerritt/status/2085756238181319042#m