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Starlink is now accessible across the White House campus, which was already served by fiber cable, after service was “donated”, as some cite security concerns. (economictimes.com)
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White House officials said the installation was an effort to increase internet availability at the complex. They said that some areas of the property could not get cell service and that the existing Wi-Fi infrastructure was overtaxed.

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[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 48 points 1 week ago (3 children)

They said that some areas of the property could not get cell service and that the existing Wi-Fi infrastructure was overtaxed.

Starlink has absolutely nothing to do with either of those things...

[–] Dnb@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 week ago

Amazing how the but her emails crowd is fine with all the private servers and now private internet access from Trump and co

[–] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 1 points 1 week ago

I worked it some shitty old bunkers that no one cared about and they had wifi and cell service in every room. But the white house doesn't That's fucking hysterical