▲ 696 ▼ 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) submitted 1 year ago by Tea@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world 67 comments fedilink hide all child comments 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.
[–] ggppjj@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 child) I'm gonna teach you a lesson on improv: "yes, and". permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago* (2 children) ... we should further have a system with carrier pidgeons carrying USB Flash disks for ultra slow but highly private Internet access. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ggppjj@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago That's called a sneakernet. Although, if you're talking actual pigeons, you may be interested in RFC1149. permalink fedilink source parent [–] jaybone@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Didn’t they used to do this in Cuba, to distribute digital media without having good internet access? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago* (2 children) ... we should further have a system with carrier pidgeons carrying USB Flash disks for ultra slow but highly private Internet access. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ggppjj@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago That's called a sneakernet. Although, if you're talking actual pigeons, you may be interested in RFC1149. permalink fedilink source parent [–] jaybone@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Didn’t they used to do this in Cuba, to distribute digital media without having good internet access? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ggppjj@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago That's called a sneakernet. Although, if you're talking actual pigeons, you may be interested in RFC1149. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Didn’t they used to do this in Cuba, to distribute digital media without having good internet access? permalink fedilink source parent