# ![@shortmsger Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::4174913223.png) @shortmsger Sprite Franklin

Sprite Franklin posts on X about $asts, starlink, ast, spacex the most. They currently have [---] followers and [----] posts still getting attention that total [-----] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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### Mentions: [--] [#](/creator/twitter::4174913223/posts_active)
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### Social Influence

**Social category influence**
[stocks](/list/stocks)  [finance](/list/finance)  [technology brands](/list/technology-brands)  [countries](/list/countries)  [celebrities](/list/celebrities)  [fashion brands](/list/fashion-brands)  [social networks](/list/social-networks)  [us election](/list/us-election)  [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations)  [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands) 

**Social topic influence**
[$asts](/topic/$asts) #52, [starlink](/topic/starlink), [ast](/topic/ast) #14, [spacex](/topic/spacex), [asts](/topic/asts), [money](/topic/money), [has been](/topic/has-been), [verizon](/topic/verizon), [rakuten](/topic/rakuten), [elon musk](/topic/elon-musk)

**Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by**
[@astsinvestors](/creator/undefined) [@astspacemobile](/creator/undefined) [@starlink](/creator/undefined) [@tmobile](/creator/undefined) [@scottmpowell](/creator/undefined) [@freespeech1017](/creator/undefined) [@philliplyle410](/creator/undefined) [@definitionsnew](/creator/undefined) [@spacex](/creator/undefined) [@tmfassociates](/creator/undefined) [@corey407woc](/creator/undefined) [@att](/creator/undefined) [@spacanpanman](/creator/undefined) [@thekookreport](/creator/undefined) [@elonmusk](/creator/undefined) [@forfuture100](/creator/undefined) [@defiantclient](/creator/undefined) [@fcc](/creator/undefined) [@pharmdaz](/creator/undefined) [@lpm1985](/creator/undefined)

**Top assets mentioned**
[AST SpaceMobile, Inc. Class A Common Stock (ASTS)](/topic/$asts) [StarLink (STARL)](/topic/starlink) [Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ)](/topic/verizon) [Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)](/topic/$googl) [StarShip (STARSHIP)](/topic/starship) [Tesla, Inc. (TSLA)](/topic/tesla) [Robot Consulting Co., Ltd. (LAWR)](/topic/robot) [Robinhood Markets, Inc.  (HOOD)](/topic/$hood) [Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST)](/topic/costco)
### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"@SciGuySpace For a billion bucks Musk will probably come up with a shielded humongous Starship "clone" that can grab the ISS stuff it away inside and bring it back to the Cape so scientists can study effect of space on its materials"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1806104350743507420)  2024-06-26T23:16Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@JevenDovey @Starlink If you lost cellular service but DO have a cellular carrier that provides it there is a free service that let's your phone connect to Wi-Fi but hop from there to your cellular carrier - for AT&T it's called "Talk Over Wi-Fi" and is FANTASTIC when cellular "goes away""  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1807131832107909578)  2024-06-29T19:19Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@FaxanFM @dom_lucre A simple image search for "amazon robots" shows that "robot" for Amazon other than test ones are little platforms that can scoot around a warehouse. It is doubtful those robots cost much. A human typically costs [--] [---] times (or more) the salary/wage cost"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1807522805954585032)  2024-06-30T21:13Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@LucaFury @AMAZlNGNATURE In the Marshall Islands that brewski was probably more expensive than in Alaska"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1813891351089725621)  2024-07-18T10:59Z [--] followers, [----] engagements


"@NomadBets Now repost the table(s) but only give MNOs that have signed actual contracts with each sat company not MoUs that mean nothing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1817193656396255277)  2024-07-27T13:41Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@DanielleCandela Who bought him the bazooka Where did he get the anti-tank mines How did he get hold of the Secret Service radio AND the once-off encryption key Why was he on first-name basis with ALL the local police officers Oh. Wait. None of that is true"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1817601841309311461)  2024-07-28T16:43Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@oskar_mirek @TheRealBeeks @thekookreport @spacanpanman @CatSE___ApeX___ @PilotaInteriore There WAS $500000 revenue from the unknown subcontract but then AST failed to launch on time and have gone quiet about further revenue from that subcontract. I would expect minimal words about FUTURE funds from that subcontract not Q2 funds"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1817859144705098114)  2024-07-29T09:46Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@VickiCocks15 @LabPadre They have a mini red Starship with them for encouragement"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1819096691275858028)  2024-08-01T19:43Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@thekookreport I don't believe Verizon has signed a contract yet with AST - it's still an MoU - unless it's signed and AST will announce to around 2nd Quarter result time"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1820191149078053002)  2024-08-04T20:12Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@KriTom6 @spacanpanman The problem with the indoors calls is they are on the cell-tower side not the satellite-side thus AST itself isn't doing anything indoors; seeing the CEO of Rakuten talking from an office is NOT using a satellite connection indoors"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1820419986076189021)  2024-08-05T11:22Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@esherifftv @SciGuySpace Boeing is deficient probably because SpaceX and RocketLab and Blue Origin and and and all poached their best/most experienced workers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1820745243899154917)  2024-08-06T08:54Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@no_privacy @Starlink If you have internet you have everything you need for cellular communications as long as you have a cellular carrier (like AT&T/Verizon/T-Mobile/about all of them). Connect your internet to a Wi-Fi transmitter (typically a router). Use VOIP to interact with cell carrier (1/2)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1820748521940627866)  2024-08-06T09:07Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@no_privacy @Starlink (2/2) Use your cell carrier's Talk-Over-Wi-Fi service that all of the above offer free. You are then cellular connected. Cell call "comes in" your cell carrier connects you via the internet. Same for outgoing. Works great. Your phone sees NO difference"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1820749103879369062)  2024-08-06T09:09Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@spacanpanman @AST_SpaceMobile Until a year or two pass those countries would be insane to commit to AST for anything. So far NOTHING is proven as being commercially viable - just ask you know AT&T or Verizon"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1820843545747427387)  2024-08-06T15:25Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@ztremderf @spacanpanman @AST_SpaceMobile I made EXACTLY the point I wanted to make. You have misunderstood and spread around that wrong info. The two main players have NOT agreed to prepay ANYTHING =until= AST proves their service works to their satisfaction.and Verizon.(1/2)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1820953739114549523)  2024-08-06T22:42Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@ztremderf @spacanpanman @AST_SpaceMobile ".they're still confident to prepay . once conditions are met." That strangely looks like exactly what I originally replied. Note that Verizon apparently hasn't signed a contract yet - maybe they're waiting for that for ANYTHING out of the set AFTER orbit first"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1821136504787271752)  2024-08-07T10:49Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@yashar And the Secret Service undoubtedly warned his group - and him - that if they approached the plane within the KeepOut zone they would regret it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1821316334552015019)  2024-08-07T22:43Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@Stefan__Powell Transmitted by Starlink"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1821533486831833591)  2024-08-08T13:06Z [--] followers, [----] engagements


"@FeuqueZe @visegrad24 If ya follow the Iceland volcanoes it's easy to predict earthquakes there: Question: Earthquake today Answer: Yes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1821914566634201599)  2024-08-09T14:20Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@murder_turd @AKBrews There actually is no federal law that cash be accepeted ven though our US currency says it's "legal tender for all.etc". Some states and localities however have made it a local requirement by law. I looked it up just now"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1823062996727341226)  2024-08-12T18:24Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@age_mage I's confusing to me that anyone thinks this "earnings" call is going to reveal ANY earnings at all. AT& is not giving any prepay to AST until proof of service. Verizon hasn't even signed a contract as of last mention. Vodafone completely disappeared any mention at all (1/2)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1823069209016033585)  2024-08-12T18:49Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@thekookreport Instead of Sweet Nothings explain how AS strengthened their balance sheet in Q2"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1823117607823642993)  2024-08-12T22:01Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@BreakingNews4X Nothing - interaction directly with government contractors is beneath her pay grade - let someone else handle it. She probably should however if talking EVs acknowledge Tesla exists"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1823739440289701916)  2024-08-14T15:12Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@HufkensArthur Googling him shows he's still with SpaceX"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1823803911486009650)  2024-08-14T19:28Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@thekookreport @CatSE___ApeX___ The contracts are for the contractor not the SUBcontractor. It's important to pay CLOSE attention to details for anything AST ever says. For example the ASICs have left tape-out but are NOT assembled and tested yet - see the 10Q"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1823831495879819653)  2024-08-14T21:18Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@elonmusk Someone with access - create an image with prompt: "Elon Musk grovelling before President Harris""  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1824027959574831590)  2024-08-15T10:18Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@spacanpanman You need to stop relying on Bloomberg; it's wrong or you're misinterpreting it (you also said institution holdings grew to 50% - it's 36%) Here's the June [--] holding of Blackrock showing minimal (10%) change from Q1: Blackrock Inc. 6/30/2024 [-------] [------] 10.2% $268822"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1824590560683815172)  2024-08-16T23:34Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@JennMGreenberg Do they make REAL cookie sheets anymore I remember Dear Ol' Ma having a flat baking literal-sheet with no raised sides (except maybe one of the [--] sides - I forget). Just looked it up and how about that there's a Martha Stewart branded sheet as I remember"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1825296655878385966)  2024-08-18T22:20Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@Alphafox78 Tattoos are expensive; she needs no career other than the investments already earning outstanding dividends"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1825927475664183298)  2024-08-20T16:06Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@elonmusk Ahhh.someone has awakened to the actual fact that X is an uber-biased thus not free speech platform. This is probably good"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1827668825619198025)  2024-08-25T11:26Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@no_privacy @SpaceX @FCC SpaceX and TMobile ready to start their commercial service; doesn't seem like a positive for AST unless of course all the AST pumper words about SpaceX being doomed and AST having a "moat" were simply . you know . false. Hmmm . guess that's not positive either"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1828142747574030762)  2024-08-26T18:49Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@no_privacy @NbaJusti @SpaceX @FCC @omnispace Without looking into it at all I believe AST is future-talking about totally nonexisting BB2 satellites. And the AST pumpers are all talking about the test satellites from SpaceX not the larger more powerful version [--] ones awaiting the Starship for launch"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1828167882204668128)  2024-08-26T20:29Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@lilylucy23 No. Commercial revenue starts after testing (not after unfurling) and not until AT&T and Verizon have agreed that the tests perform to their approval level. At THAT point AST gets the prepays contractually agreed to from which they can pull funds as service is rendered"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1828494513608052966)  2024-08-27T18:07Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@JessAStern @pomonacollege Can't be a professor without stacks of unbound and unkempt papers on those shelves - get to work"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1828504583712211340)  2024-08-27T18:47Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@0xKingAlex @MarioNawfal It's just raw fear turned into personal attacks. Note that THE group saying Starlink D2C is doomed is NOT SpaceX - they just said the equivalent of "whatta bother". And the version [--] Starlink sats probably overcome all the problems (awaiting Starship)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1828568641261981959)  2024-08-27T23:01Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@Joey_Bagadohnut @Yrouel86 I think the seas were too high and the drone ship went UP at the wrong moment when the booster came down overloading one or more legs/struts. Note that SpaceX well before the FAA said "Hold on there" had already cancelled a couple launches due to weather"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1828930188052210170)  2024-08-28T22:58Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"$ASTS: Verizon apparently got tired of waiting. They partnered up with another sat/ground service to provide (free) texting service - blogged today - simple search for "verizon text satellite spectrum" finds all"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1828936603836002683)  2024-08-28T23:24Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@spacanpanman One Starlink terminal (regular/mini/whatever) - look up the price since I don't follow them - will give you broadband internet (200+Mbps) as well as full cellular (with your regular cellular carrier) and will do so anywhere in the world that Starlink is allowed (1/n)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1829463085498675290)  2024-08-30T10:16Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@FTA_023_ @ATT @Verizon The launch unlocks no known funding sources. It's literally just placing some never-space-tested satellites into position for raising their orbit to the proper altitude and unfurling their antennas then beginning . (1/2)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1829612105164587044)  2024-08-30T20:08Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@FTA_023_ @ATT @Verizon (2/2) .the calibration and testing to make sure operational THEN beginning the real tests that have to meet whatever requirements AT&T et al have before any funds will be released - this will take months or more"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1829612466491306009)  2024-08-30T20:09Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Well FINALLY Starlink direct via Elon Musk FINALLY gave a mini-update on what's happening with their D2C. To paraphrase: "TMobile will be exclusive with D2C for the first year it's wide open to other carriers after that". $ASTS"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1829988127072571647)  2024-08-31T21:02Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@AST_SpaceMob @HurtleyCharles @AST_SpaceMobile @ASTS_Investors Actually I take my reply partially back - continuous comms require bidirectional handshakes between sats (for handoffs) so using ground stations would require that as well"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1830282852799246705)  2024-09-01T16:33Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@HurtleyCharles @AST_SpaceMob @AST_SpaceMobile @ASTS_Investors You are not understanding. The roundtrip route to ground and back up again is significantly longer than satellite to satellite. This will affect handoffs between satellites as they pass overhead entering and leaving the "zone" of the communicating phone (among other things)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1830287854511313402)  2024-09-01T16:53Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@MarioIliasi @TMobile (2/2) to the carriers that have signed on for prepay (AT&T contractually Verizon in some unknown manner none other if AST's lack of news about the others is a sign) that they perform well enough to release the funds. THEN they get to start using the funds"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1830291436174237950)  2024-09-01T17:07Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@SeverinMeister I think someone who is totally versed on Starlink D2C tech should respond to this post because I think it might be confusing existing Starlink D2C with AST D2C. Starlink for example is actual cellular communications and already demoed texting - AST has not"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1830567628160577908)  2024-09-02T11:25Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@cryptoQuoc Possibly minor correction: AT&T has actually signed a contract. Verizon for some reason remains an MoU (totally nonbinding) and all those MNOs are ALL MoUs as well. And except for very profitable deposits in interest bearing accounts with AST no one is giving money to AST"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1831008329008615870)  2024-09-03T16:36Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@ASTS_Investors The key word(s) of course are "public offering". But see what AST has to say about "at-the-market facility". "A rose by any other name would smell as . sweet""  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1831329188113969219)  2024-09-04T13:51Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@ASTS_Investors And THAT is how you get away with dilution without an "underwritten public offering""  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1831677925042606219)  2024-09-05T12:57Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@ASTS_Investors Note that D-Bank is an underwriter - how surprising"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1831690239888241147)  2024-09-05T13:45Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@MuseumCommodore Punch cards in school on Univac 1108/etc; paper tape same computers later after a terminal room was available. 8" floppies on my first homebuilt. Later went through 3.5" and [--] 1/4" floppies then various hard drives then finally to my current PCs with SSDs and the above "later""  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1831704300294136312)  2024-09-05T14:41Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@spacanpanman I think folks - like "analyst" folks - are forgetting that Starlink has some larger more powerful D2C satellites waiting for the (larger) Starship to launch"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1831777839978258786)  2024-09-05T19:34Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@tim_rooks An invite is a high value item. If you haven't been producing prodigious amounts of interest by OTHER users in ASTS then AST undoubtedly doesn't want to waste a rare invite on you; they (probably) want influencers who will continue to pump the stock"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1831829801927381175)  2024-09-05T23:00Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@BearnardMacTav1 @IntNostalgia How about IBM [----] and Univacs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1832001957055095004)  2024-09-06T10:24Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@SawyerMerritt @SpaceX And had they wanted they could have used their CELL carrier's free "Talk over WiFi" (that they all have pretty much) to make and have a regular cell phone conversation WITHOUT having cell connectivity. Anywhere including mid-ocean. Free"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1832006906400965099)  2024-09-06T10:44Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@ArunachalamSol1 @ASTSInvestors @ASTS_Investors Everyone is ignoring that Starlink has a version [--] D2C satellite waiting for the larger rocket to launch; this is a larger more powerful (probably) modernized version of the =test= satellites being launched now. and note even AT&T is waiting to see if the AST sats work"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1832723174301061407)  2024-09-08T10:10Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@BenStockFind @CatSE___ApeX___ @kingtutcap AST is not going to supply anything until they have a boatload of satellites in final orbit and thoroughly tested. Even AST says the service is "beta" til like [----]. there may be posts on this thread that I am blocked from seeing - out of sight out of mind and irrelevant"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1832795100239266172)  2024-09-08T14:56Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@WR4NYGov Parents were more subtle than door locks - they used Reverse Psychology to its fullest and told us: "Be sure to be home when the street lights go on" knowing full well the kids would ALWAYS push that limit"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1832797676057899421)  2024-09-08T15:06Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@BenStockFind @CatSE___ApeX___ @kingtutcap Good grief - ONE (got that ONE) AST satellite is scheduled (but not yet built) for launch in Q1 [----]. If you've read anything other than that anywhere the caveat about "doubt anything out of a heavily-invested fanboy" certainly applies. Read AST's SEC filings"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1832799744562700393)  2024-09-08T15:14Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@GRIMES_V1 The Universe has seen it over and over again - millions of times probably. A human is a rock is a tree is a speck of sand is a planet is a galaxy to The Universe. and "multiplanetary" is a transient and ultimately meaningless instant like Tang"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1833126921086861723)  2024-09-09T12:54Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@Vergo_linx Lynk Global's CEO became Chairman of the Board - perhaps that could be called "stepping down". Folks have prognosticated about Starlink/SpaceX buying ASTS. In actual fact Lynk-Global's D2C efforts are MUCH closer to the Starlink method of D2C"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1833172326071816194)  2024-09-09T15:55Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@stockassetpro Options traders are just as clueless as share traders they just make more (or lose more). Perhaps the option traders are saying "Wow [--] satellites are about to be launched and start communicating with AT&T and Verizon THIS WEEK and start revenue streaming in THIS WEEK""  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1833220847131152399)  2024-09-09T19:08Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@edf_ILM I don't do options so really don't know anything about them but aren't those two "bets" for $27-ish buying price a year and a half away Is that really meaningful"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1833227082819666153)  2024-09-09T19:32Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@REdebtlawyer Maybe he decided to make sure he had at least $2.7 million from his time at AST since he theoretically has no clue anymore about the satellites. he'll have to pay tax on those bucks of course - ouch"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1833282883106029831)  2024-09-09T23:14Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@FREESPEECH1017 @TheodorusAtheos (2/n) Starlink is an actual cellular connection with the Starlink sat being the "cell tower" (as is Lynk-Global's solution). There are no special apps running on the phone. anything beyond the satellite - such as gateways/RAN nodes/etc are irrelevant w.r.t. phone/sat connection"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1833471244399714557)  2024-09-10T11:43Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@endless_frank Starlink and AST are not compatible. Starlink and Lynk-Global probably are however"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1833563295086731549)  2024-09-10T17:48Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@DRMunnyMD Yes ONE satellite that uses an FPGA instead of an ASIC (because for a still-unstated reason the ASICs aren't ready yet) should be ready in Q1 [----]. I don't think that's gonna increase the stock price much"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1833609169909207538)  2024-09-10T20:51Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@KingUncleIroh A satellite that does nothing commercial and won't for months is not a "commercial satellite" - it's a test object. Even AT&T says "Show me the beef" before it will release the prepay to AST. It's not clear what Verizon is doing but (1/n)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1833880069837607216)  2024-09-11T14:47Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@ASTS_Investors Minor clarification - what was deployed was the transport containers holding the satellites (the gold cylindrical thingees). Apparently there are tests scheduled with the satellites inside those containers THEN the satellites will be released (1/n)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1834197614738149532)  2024-09-12T11:49Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@KruszewskiPaul @spacanpanman AST says "Government first" (not DoD). WHY does AST say government first Because AST failed to get what was subcontracted for into operation on schedule; they're WAY late. Since the government is their ONLY revenue source they want to get that producing again"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1834247075392876636)  2024-09-12T15:05Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@PolarisProgram @SpaceX @Starlink @Gillis_SarahE @StJude @ElSistemaUSA @rookisaacman @KiddPoteet @annawmenon Wow. Wasn't expecting that"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1834566212803510775)  2024-09-13T12:14Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@astlurk Uh.perhaps. I think AST will want to beat the drum about the launch of their 1st BB2 thus NOT keeping it under wraps"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1834681940277944434)  2024-09-13T19:53Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@Robotbeat They should land thousands of Tesla autonomous robots instead of people. Let the robots take the risks and build the infrastructure THEN after it's all okay send up the people"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1835088527668691256)  2024-09-14T22:49Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@outthered For internet you cannot beat a Starlink "terminal" - high speed (fastest I've seen mentioned on X is 400Mbps) and allows Wi-Fi connectivity right up front or simple Ethernet connection to a router. Compared to a half day of idle work probably very cost effective"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1835321148109725730)  2024-09-15T14:13Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@outthered True enough - just used it as an example of a wireless internet solution that is - you know - unique right now. (since the OP had an $ASTS angle it is rather important to note that laptops/PCs/tablets won't be AST-satellite-connected)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1835387855956574523)  2024-09-15T18:38Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@outthered @aststo0 Yes the mention of Starlink as being an alternate =internet= source for an office that lost a half day of work was not meant to suggest "Starlink D2C". However the mention of AST D2C absolutely WAS meant to note that it would not help even if it . (1/n)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1835653378048762231)  2024-09-16T12:14Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"$ASTS - remember we saw the "start production ramp" words half a year ago. Since a "ramp" is discussed it is sufficient for ONE satellite to be produced in [----] for the "start" to have begun. Do NOT think [--] satellites are coming anytime soon"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1836014040914534728)  2024-09-17T12:07Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@HarrisA18874593 The problem with comments about satellites is that most are saying "See here's what AST has and here's what Starlink has". Yet the Starlink satellites in orbit (for D2C) have already been superceded by much larger ones awaiting the Starship for launching. (1/n)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1836020853147926558)  2024-09-17T12:34Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@HarrisA18874593 (2/n) and for whatever reason the satellites from Lynk-Global aren't being discussed at all even though they (real time) were demonstrated actually MAKING and RECEIVING SIM-card-based cellular calls something NEITHER AST nor Starlink have demonstrated"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1836021406506635275)  2024-09-17T12:36Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@ElonMuskAOC Perhaps But there is zero doubt that most would rather elect Kamala Harris than Donald Trump - lower than a hot dog"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1836031253616738679)  2024-09-17T13:15Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@IversAudun @thekookreport Good grief - one satellite without ASIC is POSSIBLY getting launched in Q1 [----]. There is no evidence any other satellites are getting launched in [----] - none. To launch further satellites though AST has said "Aw we don't need those stinkin' ASICs" they actually need them"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1836122614752043449)  2024-09-17T19:18Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@MWM76 Larger antennas more powerful radios - already announced already built (at least in test version) ready to launch in Starship. When discussing Starlink (if you must) should not be ignored. note - does SpaceX discuss AST sats"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1836775110876729841)  2024-09-19T14:31Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@MWM76 At the start of the year plus or minus SpaceX demonstrated text messaging and video. As with AST they did NOT show a connection being set up (which IMHO remains a bummer). They also unambiguously have said they will have text/data/video by . (1/n)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1836802666493886921)  2024-09-19T16:20Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@MWM76 (2/n) end of year commercially. I do not know how the transient FCC restrictions affect their plans. Note however that SpaceX has some much larger more powerful satellites apparently ready to launch on the Starship that "  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1836803274923516273)  2024-09-19T16:23Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@MWM76 (3/n) may overcome any problems stated by the FCC. SpaceX has 100+ D2C satellites currently in orbit just not the larger ones needing the Starship for launch"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1836803698422390908)  2024-09-19T16:25Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@MWM76 @Starlink No - the newer satellites aren't the "must not use full power" ones"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1836809489560773062)  2024-09-19T16:48Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@MWM76 @Starlink You need to read up on the competition. And maybe read up on AST satellites as well because you apparently believe things that have never been demonstrated. Note - even AT&T and Verizon have said "Show me the beef" before they'll forward more money. Ask why"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1836811315416793272)  2024-09-19T16:55Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@MWM76 @Starlink You are not aware of the actual AT&T/AST contract requirements And the (strangely still MoU) agreement words between Verizon and AST BTW - what does "5G" mean to you As one with a 5G phone who uses AT&T in a hightech corridor I can assure you it does NOT mean "fast""  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1836826523493654778)  2024-09-19T17:55Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@nomadicTyler @TMFAssociates What a strange response. I state the reality that the satellites are still in their transport containers and you quote the CEO stating that the satellites are still in their transport containers. What happens AFTER the sats are out may be interesting but irrelevant"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1836864522943926621)  2024-09-19T20:26Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@bernabebm01 @MikeSievert @TMobile @Starlink Ahem.watch as Lynk-Global does an end-around move"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1837163772500222202)  2024-09-20T16:15Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@bernabebm01 @MikeSievert @TMobile @Starlink True but note that Lynk has numerous actual contractual arrangements (not simply MoUs) and demonstrated quite some time ago true cellular protocol communications with their sats (and have been TOO quiet since.always good for a surprise)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1837211761188954238)  2024-09-20T19:26Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@bernabebm01 @MikeSievert @TMobile @Starlink The bottomline is "We shall see" since AST doesn't have much of anything yet - maybe in a few months they can prove they actually have A-Z functionality"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1837215111418892591)  2024-09-20T19:39Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@elonmusk I wonder if SpaceX got FAA approval to remove that clam habitat from the Gulf"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1838174069906121137)  2024-09-23T11:10Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"If any of the BB1 satellites are less than 100% functional AST has [--] days to reveal that since it undoubtedly would qualify as a "material fact". $ASTS"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1838296791998967966)  2024-09-23T19:18Z [--] followers, [----] engagements


"@elonmusk She should have Elon Musk behind her as well. he best way to get rid of enemies is to make them friends right"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1838358400662491594)  2024-09-23T23:22Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@SunWeatherMan There's a hurricane strengthening and hitting the west part of Mexico right now and doesn't even show up on that forecast model. Something is not right"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1838525050195992591)  2024-09-24T10:25Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@C1_dF9432 @spacanpanman @AST_SpaceMobile What's the purported problem with the existing Starlink D2C satellites If you believe there's a real problem (.) then the problem is a need for a powerful signal downward probably due to antenna size. (1/n)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1838610211889668485)  2024-09-24T16:03Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@spacanpanman @PiranhaCapital @C1_dF9432 @AST_SpaceMobile Here's a link that I =cannot= vouch for describing the unlaunched-yet Starlink version [--] (not min) satellites: https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-elon-musk-next-gen-starlink-satellite-details/ https://www.teslarati.com/spacex-elon-musk-next-gen-starlink-satellite-details/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1838612169220395184)  2024-09-24T16:11Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@VodafoneGroup @UN Why haven't they nor Verizon signed contracts Vodafone actually is a REAL investor in AST yet since a false start in January - nothing. And why does Verizon have a two-tiered "prepay plan" that has some unknown terms for the 2nd prepay What are they aware of"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1838942265500176646)  2024-09-25T14:02Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@thekookreport So under heavy load (more than one micron "busy") how's the heat dissipation of the Bluebirds we don't have a clue with BW3 because the best we MAY have seen is three phones working with the sat at one time maybe"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1838982585327771759)  2024-09-25T16:43Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@jwojtkiewicz12 @thekookreport My ID may be confusing; it has nothing to do with stocks but message lengths (original tweets when I joined Twitter about [--] years ago were quite short). I have no real interest in the price of ASTS though it's hard to avoid it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1839014280743485450)  2024-09-25T18:49Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@Invest_for_HIM Due Diligence for an investor says you are aware of and read SEC filings by a company"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1839609065762115944)  2024-09-27T10:12Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@scott23192 Cool post - interesting how FAST the cell tower IDs change. will explain the [--] petabytes of data transfer across Starlink's laser links as handoffs happen"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1839614299301417086)  2024-09-27T10:33Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@spacanpanman Thunderstorm-like weather affects sat transmissions the worst"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1839616921144050084)  2024-09-27T10:43Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@JHartley2 @ajtourville @SpaceX @Starlink @elonmusk Forget ITAR forget National Security forget existing NASA contracts. The problem with moving ANYWHERE in the world is the FAA is in charge of US-derived launches so "heading south" doesn't help at all"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1839656248515403862)  2024-09-27T13:20Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@maxim06518977 Ignoring the dollar amounts (that are probably wrong anyway) there's one problem with AST's "offering" - it doesn't exist. Maybe someone should start a company with no working product and undercut AST's pricing (Wait THAT pricing doesn't exist either)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1839676858473824620)  2024-09-27T14:41Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@elonmusk Someone is forgetting what the Republicans did with all the Supreme Court nominees Obama proposed: "We're not gonna approve anyone til Obama's gone". No stacking there"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1839982571314139189)  2024-09-28T10:56Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@cigs1234 Please note that ALL data for "AST satellite(s)" is based on never-seen-in-public tests maybe ONE test of ONE satellite. We do not have any interesting information about that test other than "We got to 14Mbps". Be careful about anything anybody says about AST; it's ALL hopium"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1840355007293534550)  2024-09-29T11:36Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@cstanley Hidden in this post is a little-discussed non-secret - if you have internet connectivity (starlink) and Wi-Fi (standard starlink built-in) then you also have a cellular connection via "Talk over Wi-Fi" offered free by just about all cell carriers (I use it via AT&T)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1840356580996296996)  2024-09-29T11:42Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@nicksortor @ChrisHallWx If they have Wi-Fi from the starlink connection(s) then they can use "Talk over Wi-Fi" with their (smart)phones a free service from about all cellular carriers to make/receive regular cellular phone calls even if no direct cell coverage"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1840359919716851786)  2024-09-29T11:56Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@maxim06518977 @philliplyle (2/n) AST is launching ONE castrated BB2 in the 1st quarter next year IF it gets finished being built. AST has said they want to START a "ramp" (do you understand what that "ramp" means derivative-speaking) to some ill-defined destination of N satellites per month"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1840705450808881422)  2024-09-30T10:49Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@azurus11 MNOs will go with whatever entity provides what they want at the price that they want. Note that $ASTS fan boys like to put out posts containing a huge MoU table for AST accompanied by dinky real-contracts-in-place tables for Starlink and Lynk. KNOW what you're looking (1/n)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1841101708023287841)  2024-10-01T13:03Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@stevenmarkryan Biden/Harris have no business getting down to that level - literally. However there WAS a government spokesperson - maybe a White House one - who mentioned the Starlinks by name. helping with comms. Good enough"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1841605468659073344)  2024-10-02T22:25Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@stevenmarkryan Do an X search for "white house starlink helene" wade through [-------] derogatory-to-Biden posts and find the other posts mentioning Fema/Starlink and "White House /starlink to see the acknoledgements"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1841606725973033309)  2024-10-02T22:30Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"Given recent headlines about the reality of Trump doesn't it appear the best route for Elon Musk is NOT to wait for Trump to inevitably dump him but instead to take the initiative and dump Trump"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1841845821488128431)  2024-10-03T14:20Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@SpaceMobOG Minor correction (and SHOULD be irrelevant): AST satellites are a product of India Israel USA and probably others I forget"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1841868423342498155)  2024-10-03T15:50Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@ArmandoLibrino Stankey is in the stratosphere of AT&T; maybe he didn't know any facts about AST until Elon Musk made some noise. remember that the dollar "investment" AT&T had made in AST is noise level for AT&T so well beneath Stankey's level"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1842173584107540549)  2024-10-04T12:03Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@jimstewartson I continue to be aghast that someone as well-informed as Elon Musk continues to support this charlatan who is simply using him"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1842527615539659134)  2024-10-05T11:29Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@MeidasTouch I find it amazingly galling that Trump is trying to use Elon Musk to boost his ratings yet he doesn't even know what a a Starlink is. And the crazier thing is @elonmusk is tunnel-vision going along with it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1842549666400878687)  2024-10-05T12:57Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@Vergo_linx @lawyerschiff Yes the poster is wrong . however . AST filed at least one patent (I think more than one) that addressed microsatellites (loaf of bread sized) flying in close formation"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1842590836917407894)  2024-10-05T15:41Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@Saffron8085 @elonmusk Though I have lost faith with and no longer am a fan of Elon Musk in general the actual fact of the matter is Starlink D2C is being used as we type in the Carolinas and other Helene-struck areas not just the west coast. That is to say Starlink D2C is .(1/n)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1843002215545606551)  2024-10-06T18:55Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@HurtleyCharles @AST_SpaceMobile @AST_SpaceMob @ASTS_Investors Note too that Starlink D2C has been authorized to serve the Helene-damaged North Carolina region as an actual service in addition to being allowed to test there. There isn't a whole lot of info out yet but "alerts" to first responders may be the main thrust with text allowed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1843257315262427523)  2024-10-07T11:49Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@ASTSInvestors @TMobile Yeah T-Mobile feels so bad that they and Starlink D2C are actively testing in Oregon Nevada and Kansas (sat path) and actively serving in the North Carolina region with permission to test there as well. Stabbed in the back. Not"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1843267600656326972)  2024-10-07T12:30Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@StunningFeline @TMobileHelp Crazy how $ASTS fanboys just don't get it - SpaceX is actively USING their D2C (and nonD2C) to assist the Helene area. That's why they're there. They're not there to make PRs about THEIR tests (and if you ever noticed SpaceX puts out fewer PRs than AST does - and that's not easy)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1843316926489255957)  2024-10-07T15:46Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@makemoneycfa @StunningFeline @TMobileHelp (2/n) launch and use of the larger more powerful D2C-capable satellites that need the Starship to economically deploy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1843328229484241032)  2024-10-07T16:31Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@makemoneycfa @StunningFeline @TMobileHelp Unfortunately the FAA says they need 2+months to make sure no fish are harmed by a test flight of the Starship so after that and probably a couple more test flights SpaceX can actually try to deploy something from one of them"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1843330434928931250)  2024-10-07T16:39Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@xdNiBoR SpaceX won a contract for lots of bucks to deploy 19000+ Starlinks to North Carolina (and a gajiilion others elsewhere). The Government in its wisdom decided AFTER the award to take it back since "Starlink can't do what it needs to do""  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1843332637928370411)  2024-10-07T16:48Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@age_mage I love posts like this - the universal content BTW - stating how amazingly wonderful and superior the AST satellites' performance is compared to all the competitors when even the hardestcore corporate backer AT&T has said "Prove to us it works or no prepay""  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1843628240373740011)  2024-10-08T12:23Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@FREESPEECH1017 @imuni4fun @LydenYoussef Wilson - VP of AT&T Tower-something - outright said back at the beginning of the year that they want to see proof the system works to AT&T's satisfaction before funding further. Verizon has a noncontracted similar requirement BUT it's two-tiered .(1/n)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1843647933306286561)  2024-10-08T13:41Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@FREESPEECH1017 @imuni4fun @LydenYoussef (2/n) suggesting that some minimal service (texting probably) will release the 1st chunk of pre-pay but something more useful has to work before the 2nd larger chunk is released. For some reason we have NOT heard of an AST contract with Verizon"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1843648393887002771)  2024-10-08T13:43Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@KruszewskiPaul @LydenYoussef Starlink D2C is actively being used in the North Carolina Helene disaster area. We for sure would have heard if it isn't doing whatever they're using it for. We know for example that Starlink NON-D2C is being used right and left and appreciated"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1843649055404302565)  2024-10-08T13:46Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@KruszewskiPaul @LydenYoussef Not sure who "test phones" is addressed to however Starlink D2C uses regular (smart)phones and unlike AST does not even require a special app running on them - they just access the satellites using SIM cards and treat them as cell towers. this has been video-demoed"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1843652687319183769)  2024-10-08T14:00Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@KruszewskiPaul @LydenYoussef Note that Musk apparently likes to get his fingers into about everything so Starlink or Tesla has a prototype phone but that is not part of this aid to North Carolina"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1843653123140895029)  2024-10-08T14:02Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@tibininin Falcon 9s have been the test vehicles with literally hundreds of pinpoint landings. We saw with that last Starship test that the algorithm works WELL for larger/different vehicles. I'm expecting perfection if the hardware is functional"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1843676593644023904)  2024-10-08T15:35Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@Arthurs_rockets That's SpaceX's subtle clue that they HAVE launch permission if the HSR isn't separated from the 1st stage. They can keep it attached if the Starship isn't overloaded with other stuff"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1843678367293554751)  2024-10-08T15:42Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@ToTheMadMax @ATT @Verizon @Starlink @TMobile @FCC They did not test; they analyzed. That is they did the same sort of thing SpaceX did to "prove" the opposite position. It's important to see the games these guys are playing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1843709572609101872)  2024-10-08T17:46Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@FTA_023_ The stock price movement suggests investors of some type have finally noticed that Starlink D2C (not JUST Starlink) is actively being used in the disaster area AND has been approved for tests (if not already active) in Oregon Nevada and Kansas"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1843715343254266344)  2024-10-08T18:09Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@ajtourville The Federal Government was on the scene BEFORE the hurricane struck; THAT'S where is was"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1843739897582235800)  2024-10-08T19:47Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@tomg3rd @SpaceX @Starlink @TMobile @FCC It probably needs a smartphone Starlink says you need a T-Mobile phone. The Starlink D-to-C is an actual celllular service - it doesn't requite a special app on the phone like $asts but it may require some funniness with "cell tower recognition" where those are sats not towers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1843958239014310224)  2024-10-09T10:14Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@rugby4912 @SpaceX @Starlink @TMobile @FCC This post is about the Direct-to-cell service Starlink is testing and has been allowed by the FCC to actually serve the affected areas. It doesn't use any special hardware with the user like regular Starlink"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1843959113010888912)  2024-10-09T10:18Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@ManiacETH69 @SpaceX @Starlink @TMobile @FCC Testing - not available as a paid service (in fact maybe WILL be a free add-on when it goes mainstream - Starlink hasn't said)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1843959763190808578)  2024-10-09T10:20Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@makemoneycfa @tomg3rd @SpaceX @Starlink @TMobile @FCC Here ya go - straight from AST itself for those who don't actually have a clue about a company they're touting: https://ast-science.com/spacemobile-network/direct-connection/ https://ast-science.com/spacemobile-network/direct-connection/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1843963415519494236)  2024-10-09T10:35Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@makemoneycfa @tomg3rd @SpaceX @Starlink @TMobile @FCC And of course AST changed that web page to remove their sample use of their service. So instead of pretty visuals that I had expected to show you you'll have to actually READ AND UNDERSTAND the part of the page explaining how to use (1/n)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1843964794271084953)  2024-10-09T10:40Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@makemoneycfa @tomg3rd @SpaceX @Starlink @TMobile @FCC (2/n) the service - note that losing cellular coverage means you cannot receive a text message thus any text message at that time comes form the app they're no longer showing off"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1843965083191488954)  2024-10-09T10:41Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@makemoneycfa @tomg3rd @SpaceX @Starlink @TMobile @FCC I did an image search and found the AST page with the always-running-on-the-phone app display shown with "no connection". The =ONLY= source of ANY message HAS to be the phone itself until you reconnect. https://ast-science.com/spacemobile-network/ https://ast-science.com/spacemobile-network/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1843967254544937205)  2024-10-09T10:50Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@makemoneycfa @tomg3rd @SpaceX @Starlink @TMobile @FCC That's possible. Since neither AT&T nor any other potential customer of the service has mentioned this need for an always-running app on the phone I simply used AST's own version - the December [--] [----] Investor presentation shows a true "no signal" view of the app. (1/n)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1843970725591581142)  2024-10-09T11:04Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@ZLimitx @tomg3rd @SpaceX @Starlink @TMobile @FCC AST says they need an app. Do a google image search for: ast-spacemobile app and see what AST says they need or better yet see the Dec [--] [----] Investor Presentation showing the no-signal app display"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1843971963427213328)  2024-10-09T11:09Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"The price movement of $ASTS this trading sessions suggests someone should start asking questions why; lots of shares lots of percent. This is more than just Starlink D-to-C working. Are the AST sats all okay"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1844010492597293505)  2024-10-09T13:42Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@ATT $T trying to put out the fire"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1844047325821595752)  2024-10-09T16:08Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@BenF0wler @thekookreport Reddit stinks as a source of info (as does X) because it's full of folks who got THEIR info from . Reddit (or X). SpaceX never said they could not operate with the probably-incorrect "interference restrictions". They said they couldn't operate as well"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1844050397641724105)  2024-10-09T16:20Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@otherside_X42 Can't have a Starship launch without full video production capabilities That would be a travesty. So Shotwell said: "Okay okay okay we'll add a few more""  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1844053991036166377)  2024-10-09T16:35Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@otherside_X42 Given the interesting pattern in the tiles I suspect the patterned tiles are either special or they have special attachment methods due to the turbulence off the camera"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1844054350269956603)  2024-10-09T16:36Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@AlexiLuncnews @otherside_X42 I think the airflow around the pointed nose needs the tiles there until it smooths out lower down to the no-tile area"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1844054806685765634)  2024-10-09T16:38Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@StreamingSeagu1 @otherside_X42 Musk probably ordered special googly eyes tiles for those two locations"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1844055047505879234)  2024-10-09T16:39Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@Stressed_P0tato @BSF42069 As others have noted probably hyperbole was used. But if actual it is important to remember that "GPS" isn't the only position/distance measuring method; SpaceX has a fondness for lasers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1844341247026266489)  2024-10-10T11:36Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@forsuremaya @newyorkpost Telling two lies in on one-sentence post is probably not a good way to pump $ASTS price. Starlink didn't charge anything for something like [-----] terminals (and service) and AST has never said what the cost of their service will be"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1844427648841478167)  2024-10-10T17:19Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@ZLimitx @tomg3rd @SpaceX @Starlink @TMobile @FCC I apologize for the poor image but below is a direct copy-n-paste from AST's own presentation. Note that when one LOSES connectivity there is NO text messaging thus that HAS to come from the phone itself:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1844707456955318480)  2024-10-11T11:51Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@TheShawnHendrix But.but.but.I =just= read TODAY that it's the Biden/Harris (excuse me - the Harris/Biden.) admin purposefully killing North Carolina residents to help with the vote"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1845043823593902223)  2024-10-12T10:08Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@ajtourville @Starlink More importantly as soon as you have internet you have "cellular" too. Using "Talk over Wi-fi" a free service offered by almost all cellular carriers (like AT&T Verizon etc) your smartphone can make and receive cellular calls with no direct cellular service. Look into it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1845067799493857446)  2024-10-12T11:43Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"SpaceX Starship launch video has gone live"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1845432960008306986)  2024-10-13T11:54Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@JustTheFacts_68 Unable to directly state "Sorry for publishing false information about Kamala Harris" instead of "Sorry to everyone affected" warrants a nice juicy "Fuck you asshole""  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1845768110646706509)  2024-10-14T10:06Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@BGatesIsaPyscho Nah yer just anti-current-incarnation-of-Elon-Musk. He has to wake up and realize he's playing a losing game. Til then I'm anti-current-incarnation-of-Elon-Musk. but for sure pro-Tesla pro-SpaceX pro-weird-brain-stuff (the actual name of which escapes me)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1845787094959972670)  2024-10-14T11:21Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@KellyScaletta The denial of blaming the "Coachella mayor" is . interesting. And typical MAGA"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1845792999319486506)  2024-10-14T11:45Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@TKU8686 The only Starlink satellites I've read about (minimal info) is that they are similar to existing satellites but much larger (thus requiring the Starship to launch them). I do not know if they have dish antennas (like the $ASTS ones do) though they DO use (1/n)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1845861706259460570)  2024-10-14T16:18Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@ASTSInvestors There is pre-revenue and there is PRE-revenue. $ASTS is totally unproven still (30 seconds of an existing "call" that was never shown actually being made does not prove anything). Watching the stock price to say "Yes Now is a good time to get in" is not how one invests well"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1845954567810281906)  2024-10-14T22:27Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@talesftf @ASTSInvestors Note that Google deposited their money into a high-interest account at AST; they did NOT "invest" like you and I would be forced to do - buying a piece of the company"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1845960786113430003)  2024-10-14T22:52Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@BreakingTaps Lol I did that TWICE to a robot arm I borrowed from my workplace (back in the 80s) - powered up the arm - the servos went to their limits - poof - couple transistors on the control board said "Howdy" Replaced the transistors - powered up the arm - poof - etc etc etc. (1/n)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1845962970012025279)  2024-10-14T23:00Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@AN_ASTMAN @corey407woc Read up on ASIC design/implementation and what "tapeout" actually means and doesn't mean. An ASIC that doesn't work may have a wunnerful design yet still not work. Again - read about this - there are good online sources - maybe google for "tapeout" and read what's at the link"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1845980424876556559)  2024-10-15T00:10Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@MannyMVK @ElonMuskAOC Those laws are so flawed. A robot is a machine - one of its driving rules should be: "If you cannot make a situation better freeze as if you are a rock since you're just a machine like a toaster""  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1846161843733115285)  2024-10-15T12:10Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@jessica_kirsh In my Northern Virginia hi-tech corridor area getting 5G on one's smartphone means one gets about 5Mbs service. If one's phone has a Wi-Fi connection however the data rate goes through the roof (matching source of course). Where I mostly use my phone 500Mbs is typical"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1846293821208072377)  2024-10-15T20:55Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@RGVaerialphotos Launching the new larger more powerful Starlink satellites with their D-to-C capabilities will be a significant event in the D-to-C field"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1846505332253540782)  2024-10-16T10:55Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@ASTS_Investors Not on AST website not in AST twitter not in generic newsfeed. New Style Announcement Actually this style matches the . ahem . departure of the CFO and Chief Counsel - here today gone tomorrow not a peep"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1846507503019790516)  2024-10-16T11:04Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@deedydas (2/n) with the compiler running on a mainframe producing an executable and running the executable over a program written in the same language. Took an almost-full box of punched cards for mine and was a proud achievement. Later on the load was reduced to "  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1846524280839758146)  2024-10-16T12:11Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@ASTS_Investors AST has to approve BoD members so though they MAY not put out a PR about them they'll be involved"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1846527057309675721)  2024-10-16T12:22Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@alexboge @AST_SpaceMobile I have zero interest in correcting a dishonest repeated post but would suggest that someone actually interested in relaying information that does not misrepresent might want to (no I don't actually believe that's the case here but ya never know - maybe someone has a conscience)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1847309405047406987)  2024-10-18T16:10Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@WeAre_MJ @scottwisniews ".expecting at least [--] end of 2025." Nope. Never said that. Listen again"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1847426192183267482)  2024-10-18T23:55Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@scott_m_powell Understand the difference between ACTUAL testing and theoretical testing - you'll believe in SpaceX even more. in particular - read what AT&T wrote - they "analyzed" they didn't test"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1847431039410463136)  2024-10-19T00:14Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@C1_dF9432 @CytoplasmicANA The followon REQUIRES commercial dollars - Phase I and Phase II are grants from the government Phase III is the commercialization of the ideas. I've written and participated in SBIRs during my early days when Phase I was limited to $25000"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1847979947341525223)  2024-10-20T12:35Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@JeffASeaton Rakuten converted one type of $ASTS share to another type of $ASTS share (Class B to Class A). No overt extra purchase involved. Due to this conversion some others have conjectured that Rakuten is planning to sell $ASTS shares due to the company's current financial condition"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1847980987147305462)  2024-10-20T12:39Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@eezallgood @JeffASeaton I think dividends are a number of years away so that isn't a valid reason to convert. We'll have to see what happens - I haven't looked into Rakuten's relative position size so have no idea if their sales require an SEC filing (hmmm.maybe they do due to BoD membership)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1848006820050210948)  2024-10-20T14:22Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@TheodorusAtheos That quote literally says absolutely nothing useful nor new. Not one element of the quote can be attached to any date"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1848341266225836091)  2024-10-21T12:31Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@InvestingIdea It's pretty funny when an $ASTS fan boy makes fun of a competitor actually doing something that AST itself never has done nor probably will til next year. If you have seen ANYTHING out of AST showing a text message being sent from a phone in a deadzone please publish a link"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1848342097289429210)  2024-10-21T12:34Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@FTA_023_ Verizon (very strangely) doesn't seem to have a contract yet with AST; not a peep why out of AST. But they DO have some type of contract with another company for providing Direct-to-Text (since they got tired of waiting for AST). Perhaps the EC could mention that instead of AST"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1848447015388385637)  2024-10-21T19:31Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@InvestingIdea That is not what I want to see proof of - I said "Show me a text message being sent" (or received too actually). Showing an in-progress ANYTHING is not showing anything useful - an existing connection is apparently used for EVERY AST demo (nee The Famous Rakuten Call). (1/n)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1848450346164609511)  2024-10-21T19:44Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@TKU8686 @InvestingIdea (2/n) purpose because it means "SMS") We've never seen it - and that was the whole point. Let's see an A-Z text MESSAGE transmission from ground to sat AND from sat to ground. Aside: Starlink's weak 1st post was an actual SMS interaction"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1848685589702320395)  2024-10-22T11:19Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@ztremderf @TKU8686 @InvestingIdea You just exhibited a trait held by almost every $ASTS fan boy - you extrapolated a "fact" from what was read even though what you read wasn't that fact. "text" for sure is not "text message" nor "SMS"; it simply is a type of data unless you witnessed it. Again (1/n)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1848709727561154745)  2024-10-22T12:55Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@ztremderf @TKU8686 @InvestingIdea (2/n) Starlink's not-smack-ya-upside-the-head 1st post about their results was an actual SMS interaction (besides also a (poor) video call). Never shown by AST. And that's what I want to see"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1848710174246093073)  2024-10-22T12:57Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@jwojtkiewicz12 Starlink of course has been installing their service in planes and ships for some time. Not D2C service plain old fairly-high-speed internet. And using "Talk over Wifi" all those folks on those vessels have wonderful clear nonroaming CELLULAR service too Offered (1/n)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1848728502788395178)  2024-10-22T14:09Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"Verizon just asked about D2C and avoided the answer: "little bit too early to see it being a business case" $ASTS"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1848730631410241598)  2024-10-22T14:18Z [---] followers, 13.3K engagements


"@ASTS_Investors Incorrect - Verizon made a deposit on a high-interest-paying account (like Google) and also mentioned "prepays" that for some reason are going to be two-tiered - some small amount available when AST supplies some undescribed minimal (1/n)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1848733052429639702)  2024-10-22T14:28Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@d_pf86 Not unusually with AST we really don't know what's going on though we all talk about it The quote from the Q&A I posted is accurate if not perfect so reflects current apparently noncontracted thoughts by VZ"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1848738418630508906)  2024-10-22T14:49Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@d_pf86 Though I truly believe $ASTS is a meme stock with nothing but trading swings behind it I don't care at all which way the stock price goes. A long time ago (is it years now) I got interested in Starlink's internet-from-space and (1/n)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1848745453149372798)  2024-10-22T15:17Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@d_pf86 (5/n) . yet that was the FIRST thing we "saw" when Starlink started touting their coming-soon service. As a Doubting Thomas I no longer take anything AST says at face value. So when I see an $ASTS fan boy state something that is a stretch I call it out; fan boys don't like that"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1848748080134275481)  2024-10-22T15:27Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@Muffin_Man1356 @ASTS_Investors Exactly - fan boys are touting those "investments" as if they mean anything - jeez =I= would love to invest in an account that pays a high-interest no matter what. (actually Verizon is the real winner here - they got the same terms as the originals (like Google))"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1848753181083193369)  2024-10-22T15:48Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"@Stuffhappenwhen @peterrhague You are full of MAGA shit. Just sayin'. https://www.google.com/searchq=is+nasa+part+of+the+administration https://www.google.com/searchq=is+nasa+part+of+the+administration"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1849060625638432956)  2024-10-23T12:09Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"@pharmdaz Is the "Earnings and Highlights" image from this earnings call - strangely I'm having a hard time finding it on AT&T's site"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1849073250363453685)  2024-10-23T12:59Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"Hey it's almost 11AM Isn't it time for the totally-no-it's-not-a-meme-stock $ASTS to take off for the moon"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1849103271597576544)  2024-10-23T14:59Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"$ASTS That HALO "contract - excellent info source on what it REALLY means: To quote some details:(1/n) https://spacenews.com/space-development-agency-selects-19-companies-for-low-earth-orbit-demonstration-program/ https://spacenews.com/space-development-agency-selects-19-companies-for-low-earth-orbit-demonstration-program/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1849414759243805058)  2024-10-24T11:36Z [---] followers, [----] engagements


"@DykesKris @d_pf86 Yes Lynk-global has numerous actual contracts to deliver their service - far more than AST - but they aren't a powerhouse. Wait What does that make AST"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1849417681453109579)  2024-10-24T11:48Z [---] followers, [--] engagements


"Today after the close the new Short Interest stats for all regular stocks come out. I usually take a look at NASDAQ's per-stock interest just for giggles. My broker (and other brokers) doesn't list them because they're actually not important for trading. $ASTS"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1849521262449586652)  2024-10-24T18:40Z [---] followers, [---] engagements


"@Rick_in_Miami Those shares got converted from B to A class but there has not (yet) been any sign the selling of the class A shares has begun. There has been some speculation about WHY Rakuten converted the shares but then agai. just about everything about $ASTS is the purest of speculation"  
[X Link](https://x.com/shortmsger/status/1849523984213168428)  2024-10-24T18:50Z [---] followers, [---] engagements

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