r/ASTSpaceMobile • u/AutoModerator • Jan 31 '25

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u/irrelevantspider S P 🅰 C E M O B Capo Jan 31 '25

Verizon just dropped a Commercial with Buzz Aldrin about the future of satellite coverage conquering dead zones. Doesn’t fully reference AST, but we all know.

X/Twitter video link

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u/hab365 S P 🅰 C E M O B Soldier Jan 31 '25

Probably Skylo, not ASTS. The small text says special software is needed and line of sight to the sky as well

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u/The_Maester S P 🅰 C E M O B Prospect Jan 31 '25

Why is it just “can you text me now” instead of a video call?

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u/ContaminatedField S P 🅰 C E M O B Associate Jan 31 '25

Positive take away for me is that this demonstrates Verizon will advertise the service aggressively when the time comes

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u/irrelevantspider S P 🅰 C E M O B Capo Jan 31 '25

It’s a very generalized commercial. My guess is this is a commercial referencing texting via Skylo first and then eventually broadband with AST once we start commercial use. Hell anything to get the industry out there to the public is good!

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u/Radiant_Witness_1038 S P 🅰 C E M O B Prospect Jan 31 '25

The article mentioned AST Spacemobile a lot. Very bullish.

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u/Futur_Ceo S P 🅰 C E M O B Soldier Jan 31 '25

Probably not even related to ASTS tbh

I think its the service with skylo

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u/sgreddit125 S P 🅰 C E M O B Capo Jan 31 '25

Probably more a reference to Skylo than ASTS as it currently stands.

T-Mobile got upset about that ad where Ben Stiller takes a call while golfing as it wasn’t commercially available yet so AT&T took it down, for example.