MooPig Tech Coroner :: "Internet Out; OUTERNET In"

Forget about the Internet; Seek Ye the "OUTERNET"
mashed articles by Pat Darnell | Feb 19, 2014 | Bryan TX

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"...By leveraging data-casting technology over a low-cost satellite constellation, Outernet is able to bypass censorship, ensure privacy, and offer a universally-accessible information service at no cost to global citizens. It's the modern version of shortwave radio, or BitTorrent from space. (LINK) ..."

" ... WHAT PROBLEM IS OUTERNET SOLVING? There are more computing devices in the world than people, yet only 60% of the global population has access to the wealth of knowledge found on the Internet. The price of smartphones and tablets is dropping year after year, but the price of data in many parts of the world continues to be unaffordable for the majority of global citizens. In some places, such as rural areas and remote regions, cell towers and Internet cables simply don't exist. The primary objective of the Outernet is to bridge the global information divide..."

New York company says it can beam free OUTERNET Wi-fi to every person on Earth | Mail Online: "You might think you have to pay through the nose at the moment to access the Internet. But one ambitious organisation called the Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF) is planning to turn the age of online computing on its head by giving free web access to every person on Earth. Known as Outernet, MDIF plans to launch hundreds of satellites into orbit by 2015. And they say the project could provide unrestricted Internet access to countries where their web access is censored, including China and North Korea."

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CONCLUSION
" ... Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers. — Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights ..."

________________________Reference
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2552177/Forget-Internet-soon-OUTERNET-Company-plans-beam-free-wi-fi-person-Earth-space.html
http://www.educateinspirechange.org/2014/02/forget-internet-soon-will-free-outernet-everyone-earth.html
http://www.ibtimes.com/introducing-outernet-free-worldwide-wi-fi-access-beamed-space-1556016
http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/02/17/ambitious-outernet-could-bring-unfettered-internet-access-worldwide-via-mini-satellites
http://www.mdif.org/outernet-providing-information-to-the-world-from-outer-space/
http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/outernet-wants-to-free-the-internet-by-sending-it-to-space
https://www.outernet.is/
http://www.itproportal.com/2014/02/05/introducing-outernet-free-wi-fi-beamed-to-everywhere-on-earth-from-space/