@bscholl rewrites a T‑Mobile CEO-style statement

Brief

@bscholl mock‑rewrites a CEO line to highlight carriers’ dead zones, scammy billing and bad support, claiming Starlink will “just work” and proposing a PE flip of T‑Mobile to extract value. He pairs this with Sawyer Merritt’s quotes: T‑Mobile downplays the threat while Gwynne Shotwell vows Starlink Mobile V2 next year and service by end‑2027.

Why it matters

@bscholl rewrites a T‑Mobile CEO-style statement: consumers hate mobile carriers for dead zones, scammy billing, and poor support; Starlink will “just work” and remove the need for customer service; suggests flipping T‑Mobile to private equity to milk revenue while Starlink isn’t fully built out; LinkedIn updated, DMs open.

Key details

Sawyer Merritt quotes the real split: T‑Mobile’s CEO calls the satellite threat to mobile operators “exaggerated” and “complementary,” while SpaceX COO Gwynne Shotwell says SpaceX expects to win customers from AT&T, Verizon and T‑Mobile, will launch Starlink Mobile V2 next year and begin service at the end of 2027.

I fixed the statement for him.

“Everyone hates mobile phone companies, our dead zones and scammy billing and crappy customer service. I have no idea how we are going to compete with Starlink because we can’t build satellites or launch rockets—and it will just work so people won’t even need customer service.

“But maybe we can flip TMo to PE and milk the revenue for a few more years while they haven’t built it all out yet.

“In unrelated news my LinkedIn is updated and DM are open.”

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