Forget the Internet - Soon There Will Be OUTERNET

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Way beyond my level of expertise but my gut reaction is if it seems to good to be true, it probably is...

New York company says it can beam free OUTERNET Wi-fi to every person on Earth | Mail Online

 

[danielocean03]

I agree with you, there's always a string attached.

 

[tv1217]

Lol. I hope this works. You think the comments sections on youtube and news sites are crazy now. Just wait until North Koreans can get on.

 

[snorko]

Paging Mr. Piper, Mr. Rowdey Piper. You're wanted in the mind control lab.

https://www.google.com/search?q=the...A4KGyQHw34FI&ved=0CAcQ_AUoAQ&biw=1280&bih=779

 

[Suprtek]

Even if this works, receiving data wirelessly from a powerful network is pretty easy. Sending data back to it is a different story. How will home computers or handheld devices send data to a satellite? I'm no expert but I can't imagine the transmitters in our devices are anywhere near that powerful.

 

[PurdueBoilermaker]

The article lacks a lot of technical details, but these satellites won't be beaming down the internet as we know it. Their plan is to broadcast a certain number of websites, NOT the entire internet.

 

[atvdave]

Will this happen when skynet goes live?

 

[mrjarrell]

Do remember that this story is coming from the Daily Fail. They are Britain's answer to the National Enquirer. There's a lot left unsaid in that piece.

 

[PurdueBoilermaker]

And they only have to raise tens of millions of dollars... seems legit

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

Even if this works, receiving data wirelessly from a powerful network is pretty easy. Sending data back to it is a different story. How will home computers or handheld devices send data to a satellite? I'm no expert but I can't imagine the transmitters in our devices are anywhere near that powerful.

They just want to know where you are, they don't care what you have to say.

What kind of a business plan is that? "We plan to give this stuff away free, invest money in us." There must be some kind of revenue model in there somewhere, of course, something like:

1. Give free internet to everyone in the world
2. ???
3. Profit

 

[IndyDave1776]

I agree with you, there's always a string attached.

Yes, most likely with a hook on the end of it.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

The article lacks a lot of technical details, but these satellites won't be beaming down the internet as we know it. Their plan is to broadcast a certain number of websites, NOT the entire internet.

I got that in one of the sentences. It's entirely possible you'll get exactly what you pay for.

 

[Bennettjh]

 

[Lost Californian]

Way beyond my level of expertise but my gut reaction is if it seems to good to be true, it probably is...

New York company says it can beam free OUTERNET Wi-fi to every person on Earth | Mail Online

OH, dang. Here I was thinking the world was getting back to a better place by going to the OuterNet...

 

[PurdueBoilermaker]

OH, dang. Here I was thinking the world was getting back to a better place by going to the OuterNet...

But that would require leaving the house...

 

[tv1217]

Facebook is a cult back in the woods? Lol

 

[BehindBlueI's]

https://www.outernet.is/

Seems feasible. Sort of like broadcast television vs cable. Its free to the end user, but its content is much more limited.

 

[fullauto 45]

The porn sites are already and waiting.................

 

[Sgtusmc]

Pretty soon, the FCC will be cracking down on illegal satellite transmissions.

 

[cburnworth]

I seem to remember someone talking about doing this years ago, I was thinking Bill Gates & Microsoft. And then there is google Internet balloons.