You may find it hard to
believe, but a US based
company Outernet is aiming
for providing free Wi-Fi to
every person on earth using
low-orbit earth satellites. Outernet, also calling
themselves as Humanity’s
Public Library, is a global
broadcast data startup
currently being incubated
by the Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF), a
United States-based impact
investment fund and non-
profit organization
established in 1995 by Saša
Vučinić and Stuart Auerbach. They recently began
providing free Wi-Fi to 1.3
billion people across North
America, Europe and most
of the Middle East. They have
covered regions of Asia Pacific by end of 2014 and
by June 2015 the company
aims to provide free internet
to everybody across the
globe. Currently, it is
providing 200 MB of data per day through its high-
speed signals, but soon it
would be upgraded to 1 GB.
The company is eying on
providing 100 GB of data
per day to users across the globe. See Also: Free Internet
Provider Outernet
Launching Its Own Satellites
According to MDIF, the initial
content access includes
international and local news, crop prices for farmers, Teachers Without
Borders, emergency
communications such as
disaster relief, applications
and content such as Ubuntu, movies, music, games, and
Wikipedia in its entirety.
Recently, Outernet has
released a gadget called
Lantern, which aims to
connect the entire world to the internet for free. Lantern
is more like a modern
version of a digital radio and
it works anywhere in the
world. With this, you can
view everything in a browser but it will look like offline mode with only some part accessible. The device is solar powered and can also charge a phone. This is basically a wi-fi hotspot coupled with a portable charger. Will Outernet change the whole perspective of how we look
at the internet today, This only time will tell. But one thing is sure, I will keep myself updated with this thing as so should you. (The article has been updated to include new information) OuterNet : Free Internet to Everbody,Anywhere,
Anytime Via “Lantern”
Source: http://www.theafricanvoice.org/2015/07/outernet-free-internet-to-everbody.html?m=1