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Personal anecdote: A relative of mine has his own business that covers all sorts of IT stuff. He has a starlink running permanently as a backup because a coupl
by dm270 2y ago
Personal anecdote:
A relative of mine has his own business that covers all sorts of IT stuff.
He has a starlink running permanently as a backup because a couple of times a year his fiber experiences some downtime.
- pintxo 2y agoSounds like good technology / business practice? I run two independent (Technology + Provider wise) internet links for our house, as both my SO and myself are permanently working from home.
- davidw 1y agoDo you suppose no one has ever thought of building redundant connectivity to the White House?
- pintxo 1y agoI was merely replying to the parent post. I would be massively irritated if the White House would not have multiple levels of redundancy. Which makes the article just more confusing.
- alamortsubite 1y agoStarlink still seems like an odd choice, since having access to fiber implies 5g is available, too, and the latter costs half as much and is faster/lower-latency. Maybe it makes sense as a backup for the backup, though.
- Zigurd 1y agoTerrestrial wireless would be faster, more reliable, and less expensive. Near the White House, it could link between multiple other government building and have no recurring expense. Starlink is worse, slower, and more expensive.