Google to dominate space: 180 satellites to provide internet access for the ENTIRE planet

www.dailymail.co.uk ^ | Updated: 08:37 EST, 2 June 2014 | By Ellie Zolfagharifard

[Hostage]

Larry Ellision is CIA.

Larry Ellison hates Microsoft.

QED

[mikey_hates_everything]

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.

[mikey_hates_everything]

As Iridium is, I should say. The system is still in service.

[Rio]

Looks like there are about 70 Iridium and 40 globalstar satellites - probably in the same neighborhood. 180 is a lot of satellites.

[DCBryan1]

Expect to see this when Google gets the earth covered and President Chealsea Hubble-Clinton gets her wish of net censorship

The link you are accessing (http://www.freerepublic.com) has been blocked by the Google Space Satellite Web Filter because it contains content belonging to the category of: Political Extremism.

If you have a business need to access this site, please click on this link to email the IT Department --> Exception request at moveforward@whitehouse.gov

[GeronL]

Sure....

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[GeronL]

and exactly how much will those people be paying for that web access?

[GeronL]

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.

[Red Badger]

Arm, leg, privacy..................

[GeronL]

That leads to servitude

[Dalberg-Acton]

I have Wild Blue (Excede) satellite internet

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

[Red Badger]

Servitude or Server Dude or Surfer Dude?..................

[TalonDJ]

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.

[Red Badger]

... but I doubt most mud huts are going to get broadband.

[TalonDJ]

They are much lower, probably around 100-150 miles up, as Iridium was. There will be very low latency and high throughput.

Iridium is still up there. It is NOT low latency. Trust me.

[prisoner6]

I’m using Komodo Dragon. it works great but I’m not totally sold on it yet. Too much intertwined with Google.

[GeronL]

but you can change your preferred search engine, can’t you?

[GeronL]

Google wants to own all 3!

[prisoner6]

Yes. I changed it to Bing just to see if it worked. It does. Next is DDG.