T-Mobile and Starlink's $10 a Month Satellite Texting Service Is Live. Here's How It Works T-Satellite aims to eliminate cell phone dead zones, at least for texting. Learn who gets it free.

This is far beyond what the other phone carriers have launched so far in the satellite realm -- largely due to T-Mobile's partnership with Starlink.

I drove to a remote area south of San Francisco to put the T-Satellite beta to the test ahead of its official launch on July 23. Here's what it can do now and what's on tap for the future.