COLORADO (KDVR) — The owner of a new drone company, specializing in finding lost pets, is crediting a new cell phone satellite service with rescuing a lost dog in the wilderness.
A woman recently contacted “Denver Drone Solutions” after her two dogs went missing near Longs Peak.
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Within three days, a drone had spotted one dog. The second dog showed up shortly thereafter. Denver Drone Solutions Owner, Elbert Mathews, credits his two drones and cell phone connectivity.
With the Northern Colorado remote location, Mathews says it was his new cell phone technology that helped him stay connected in an area he wouldn’t have had service before. The service, in this case, offered by T-Mobile, allows texts and some calls via Starlink satellites, all with a regular phone…