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Coming Soon: Free Internet From Space
National Journal ^ | February 20, 2014 | Alex Brown

Posted on 02/20/2014 9:23:46 AM PST by Biggirl

f all goes according to plan, North Koreans will soon have free, uncensored Internet provided by satellites the size of toaster ovens.

That's part of a project called Outernet, which hopes to launch hundreds of tiny satellites—known as CubeSats—to provide Internet to every person on Earth. Forty percent of the world's people currently don't have access to the Web. In a little more than a year, Outernet plans to have a fleet of 24 satellites operational and testing to pave the way for a globe-spanning network.

(Excerpt) Read more at nationaljournal.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Technical
KEYWORDS: internet; outernet; satellites
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1 posted on 02/20/2014 9:23:46 AM PST by Biggirl
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To: Biggirl

Sky Net?


2 posted on 02/20/2014 9:25:04 AM PST by DTogo (High time to bring back The Sons of Liberty !!)
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To: DTogo

Free Porn for Everyone!


3 posted on 02/20/2014 9:25:27 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: Biggirl

Magical elves are gonna pay for it.


4 posted on 02/20/2014 9:25:28 AM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: DTogo

Yep.


5 posted on 02/20/2014 9:25:32 AM PST by Biggirl (“Go, do not be afraid, and serve”-Pope Francis)
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To: Biggirl
to provide Internet to every person on Earth...

Waiting for "this is an natural inalienable right to each human on the earth" in 3.... 2.... 1....

And then after that a new entitlement via EW (Executive Whim) to pay for this, by the US, for the UN - or whatever leftist group runs it.

6 posted on 02/20/2014 9:31:56 AM PST by C210N (When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
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To: dfwgator

Global cat videos! Meow!


7 posted on 02/20/2014 9:33:28 AM PST by DTogo (High time to bring back The Sons of Liberty !!)
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To: null and void
satellites the size of toaster ovens

Talkie Toaster ping!

8 posted on 02/20/2014 9:39:25 AM PST by Vroomfondel
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To: Biggirl

Free internet for everybody? Cable companies won’t like this.


9 posted on 02/20/2014 9:42:09 AM PST by virgil
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To: Biggirl

Obama, and the marxist left, heads explode at the thought of a truly FREE exchange of information and ideas out of their control and reach .

I`ll pay for a lil` mini dish and screw it onto the side of my house asap.


10 posted on 02/20/2014 9:42:25 AM PST by Para-Ord.45 (Americans, happy in tutelage by the reflection that they have chosen their own dictators.)
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To: Biggirl

Is this Plan 9?


11 posted on 02/20/2014 9:45:35 AM PST by daniel1212 (Come to the Lord Jesus as a contrite damned+destitute sinner, trust Him to save you, then live 4 Him)
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To: DTogo

“Sky Net?”

Free internet? Sounds more like “Iridium.”


12 posted on 02/20/2014 10:08:08 AM PST by VanShuyten ("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
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To: Biggirl
A lot of old reruns of Lost in Space will be interfering with the signal...

“You infernal bucket of bolts!”

“Warning, warning Will Roninson!”

“Crush, Kill, Destroy”

The last one might be from Soros or the DNC.

13 posted on 02/20/2014 10:10:54 AM PST by PATRIOT1876
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To: PATRIOT1876

“Send More Chuck Berry!”


14 posted on 02/20/2014 10:11:36 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: daniel1212
*Is this Plan 9?*

Is so, please try not to step on the cardboard tombstones.

“Gidget goes to Mars”

15 posted on 02/20/2014 10:12:01 AM PST by PATRIOT1876
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To: dfwgator

They will become targets for Chinese lasers..................


16 posted on 02/20/2014 10:12:33 AM PST by Red Badger (LIberal is an oxymoron......................)
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To: dfwgator
Chuck Berry is VERY popular on Alpha Centuri!

Maybe we'll get some signals from Chochem the Wiseman and Pia Zadora...

17 posted on 02/20/2014 10:13:47 AM PST by PATRIOT1876
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To: Biggirl

And in other news.

FCC Tries To Put Net In Neutral
By
Miriam Gottfried
connect
Feb. 19, 2014 3:25 p.m. ET

For the Federal Communications Commission, pragmatism is the name of the game.

The U.S. agency said Wednesday it plans to issue new rules governing “net neutrality”—the principle that Internet service providers should treat all data equally.

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303636404579393242232651228?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702303636404579393242232651228.html


18 posted on 02/20/2014 10:20:12 AM PST by KeyLargo
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To: PATRIOT1876
“Chuck Berry is VERY popular on Alpha Centuri!
Maybe we'll get some signals from Chochem the Wiseman and Pia Zadora...”

Who or what is that gibberish?

19 posted on 02/20/2014 10:28:14 AM PST by dalereed
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20 posted on 02/20/2014 10:31:34 AM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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