FREE------ Wi-Fi-to the entire world-from satellites.

[dixiegrrrrl]

MDIF is incubating its first project: Outernet, the world’s first truly global media delivery service.

Founded by MDIF’s Director of Innovation Syed Karim, Outernet will use a network of small satellites to transmit selected internet data – audio, video, text and applications – to any Wi-Fi-enabled device, including mobile phones, anywhere in the world at no cost.

More..here:
http://www.mdif.org/outernet-providing-information-to-the-world-from-outer-space/

and here:https://www.outernet.is/

What do you think????

[PoliticAverse]

1. I think they won't have the bandwidth people desire. n/t

[Aerows]

5. Any bandwidth in an emergency

is better than none!

[SoapBox]

13. Exactly.

And if limited services means that people can't just camp on it all day running movies or endless music, so be it. I doubt there would be much problem getting to DU, unless DU's a bandwidth hog and we just don't know it.

[quinnox]

2. I am always in favor of free stuff for people. If this thing actually happens, it would be

great. The ultimate would be free world wide super fast broadband for all.

If some billionaire like Gates or Buffet or someone with multi-billions interested in philanthropy, instead of giving their money to charity, they could spend billions on an independent outer-net system, with their own satellites, and provide the world with free or low cost super fast broadband.

The perk would be they could name it after themselves, or name it whatever they wanted.

[Lancero]

3. The service will suck.

Coming off of using Satellite internet myself, I speak from experience.

But then again, it's better then no internet at all. So for those who don't have internet, it's great.

[bvar22]

10. For those of us who live in Rural areas,

....Sat Internet is wonderful.

The US Recovery Act
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 is a direct response by Congress to address the economic crisis that started in the fall of 2008. The Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service (RUS) has provided grant funding to develop infrastructure that includes roads, energy, communications and broadband. Internet service providers like WildBlue have been granted funding to connect rural Americans with affordable broadband service.

http://www.wildblue.com/options/recovery-act-faq

Free Installation, Free Equipment, unlimited, $39/month.

Thank You, President Obama & The Democrats!

Unfortunately, this program has expired,
but those of us who signed up can keep our discount rates for as long as we pay the monthly bill.

It certainly isn't as fast as the cable access we had in Minneapolis,
but much faster and way more affordable and reliable than what was available prior to the Recovery Act.

[Logical]

15. True, better than nothing. n-t

[RKP5637]

4. I think it's an excellent idea! As someone else said, the bandwidth might be a compromise. Hey!

Now's the time for us to do a start up selling tin foil hats! I can hear the CT now!

[Politicalboi]

6. 20 years ago I thought of this name outernet

My g/f said the internet was getting too many assholes on it. LOL! So I suggested an outernet for the smart people with a code or puzzle to enter on. I didn't get a computer till 7 years later, so I really had no idea about internet.

I hope this outernet works, mine got nowhere. LOL!

[randome]

8. You were outer your mind.

[hr][font color="blue"][center]Stop looking for heroes. BE one.[/center][/font][hr]

[defacto7]

7. I think the idea is fantastic...

To make a long story short, it would probably have to have it's own Internet system in the end since the laws are blowing in the direction of Internet control. That would mean they would eventually have to pay for present net usage or create their own separate system. Circumvention can only go so far on small scale systems. A large scale system like this would have a hard time staying uncontrolled; it would be like a bandwidth turkey shoot. My explanation is too simplistic but that's as far as I feel like going with it.

Another reason to fight for Internet neutrality.

[951-Riverside]

9. I think its another investment scam/vaporware

like the dozens of "flying car" and "free energy" scams over the past 50 years.

[MADem]

11. "All Your Satellite Internet Communications Is Belong To Us!!!!"

It will perhaps help a lot of people. I don't regard the net as secure anyway.

I find the phrase "selected internet data" interesting...I suppose that implies censorship, but we shall see!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

12. Fine print: "selected data". Also, no uplink or very slow, so not much interaction. nt

[ileus]

14. Don't get FAPed