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Posted on 06/02/2014 9:21:54 AM PDT by Red Badger
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Now Google is going to dominate space: Search giant to launch 180 satellites to provide internet access for the ENTIRE planet, sources claim
The world wide web may seem like a global community, but two-thirds of the planet still remain without access.
Now, Google is planning to change this by launching a fleet of 180 satellites to provide web access for the 4.8 billion people not yet online, according to sources close to the company.
The California-based giant will spend more than $1 billion (£600 million) on the technology, which will rival Facebook’s efforts to connect remote regions of the world.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Larry Ellision is CIA.
Larry Ellison hates Microsoft.
QED
If there are 180 of them, they are not in geosynchronous orbit at 25000 miles. They are much lower, probably around 100-150 miles up, as Iridium was. There will be very low latency and high throughput. The routing of data and interaction between the birds will be the hurdle to overcome, much of it has been with Iridium. I wonder if, like Iridium, before sunrise or after sunset, you’ll be able to see a flash from the solar panels as it moves across the sky almost every day.
Looks like there are about 70 Iridium and 40 globalstar satellites - probably in the same neighborhood. 180 is a lot of satellites.
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Sure....
and exactly how much will those people be paying for that web access?
Google is evil
That is why I have switched everything but one of my email addresses. Pale Moon which uses Duck Duck Go as a search engine.
Arm, leg, privacy..................
That leads to servitude
Pinging www.google.com [74.125.239.113] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 74.125.239.113: bytes=32 time=630ms TTL=48
Reply from 74.125.239.113: bytes=32 time=595ms TTL=48
Reply from 74.125.239.113: bytes=32 time=609ms TTL=48
Reply from 74.125.239.113: bytes=32 time=629ms TTL=48
Ping statistics for 74.125.239.113:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 595ms, Maximum = 630ms, Average = 615ms
Servitude or Server Dude or Surfer Dude?..................
There already is satellite internet connections covering the entire planet. I know because I work in that industry. They are just darn expensive. Google might make it cheaper but I doubt most mud huts are going to get broadband.
... but I doubt most mud huts are going to get broadband.
I’m using Komodo Dragon. it works great but I’m not totally sold on it yet. Too much intertwined with Google.
but you can change your preferred search engine, can’t you?
Google wants to own all 3!
Yes. I changed it to Bing just to see if it worked. It does. Next is DDG.
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