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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    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…

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      this was nothing that some Ethernet and some APs couldn’t fix. and as for the cellular issues, you’re literally the White House. Throw up a femtocell, you already have fiber for backhaul.

      this is such fucking nonsense. Starlink is fixing precisely none of this.

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        16 hours ago

        I mean I think it’s safe to say these issues never existed in the first place. Nothing but more fables from the liar in Chief.

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          agree 100%, I just find what limited joy I can in pointing out that this is likely bullshit and at best a con. I also get a kick out of shitting on Musk for pretending to know what he’s talking about when it comes to tech :)

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      17 hours ago

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

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      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