for the World's Poor "...Internet access as a human right."

[mia]

Glad that someone is doing this.


Ahumanright.org Aims to Buy Commercial Satellite for the World's Poor

http://www.fastcompany.com/1712533/can-satellites-be-used-to-provide-internet-to-the-worlds-poor


A new NGO is attempting to bring affordable Internet to the developing world by buying its own satellite. Ahumanright.org, a Berlin-based non-profit, is bidding for a commercial satellite it can repurpose and use to beam bandwidth. To help make that happen they've recruited the founder of XM Radio, and partnered Deutsche Telekom and the NASA Ames Research Center.

...Ahumanright is charged with promoting Internet access as a human right. The organization also promotes endeavors that can ensure everyone has a chance to get online. We try to do this in three different ways: Connect with businesses and governments and discuss the creation of a "free" segment to their networks; envisioning our own free network with our friends at NASA; buy and re-purpose underutilized infrastructure.

Grammatis is a former engineer for Elon Musk's private spaceflight firm, SpaceX. His background is in developing cybernetic cameras. Deutsche Telekom provided his seed funding, while the advisory board includes XM cofounder Noah Samara and Deutsche Telekom CTO Thomas Curran. Ahumanright also gets assistance from the Bertlesmann Foundation, the NASA Ames Research Center and Skadden LLP.

Documents released by Ahumanright are long on rhetoric and short on specifics. Still, its plan is too interesting to ignore. It will require serious funding, but the infrastructure payoff would be enormous.

[Edweird]

1. Wow. That's actually really cool.

[Uncle Joe]

2. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, mia.

[mia]

4. You're welcome, Uncle Joe!

Happy New Year!

[Uncle Joe]

5. Happy New Year to you as well, mia!

:hi:

[Joanne98]

3. The collective unconscious is sacred. It should be free for all.

Except corporations because they're NOT PEPLE!

[delightfulstar]

6. K&R, That's a fantastic idea!

Imagine the doors that could open for people who could well use an opportunity like this.

[Odin2005]

7. The Internet is Freedom.