Tony Bark@pawb.social to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 hours agoWait, why is the White House using Starlink to ‘improve Wi-Fi’?www.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1214arrow-down11
arrow-up1213arrow-down1external-linkWait, why is the White House using Starlink to ‘improve Wi-Fi’?www.theverge.comTony Bark@pawb.social to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 hours agomessage-square35fedilink
minus-squareBrkdncr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down3·11 hours agoIt’s a good backup internet service to avoid BIFF. But it reads like they are piping in internet from a datacenter, so just using starlink as an ISP. Why? $$$. I bet the whitehouse spends a lot on internet. Also, it’s probably really easy to perform traffic inspection using starlink vs an established, regulated ISP.
It’s a good backup internet service to avoid BIFF. But it reads like they are piping in internet from a datacenter, so just using starlink as an ISP.
Why? $$$. I bet the whitehouse spends a lot on internet.
Also, it’s probably really easy to perform traffic inspection using starlink vs an established, regulated ISP.