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Google to spend $1 billion to cover the earth with internet satellites
Posted on 6/2/14 at 8:46 am
Posted on 6/2/14 at 8:46 am
This just in: Google plans to spend $1 billion to cover the entire globe with satellites weighing less than 250 pounds, extending Internet access to unwired regions of the world. Sources close to Google are reporting that access will even extend to Holly Beach. LINK
This post was edited on 6/2/14 at 8:52 am
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Posted on 6/2/14 at 8:51 am to tigerpawl
Google. The fast track to singularity.
Posted on 6/2/14 at 9:13 am to whodatfan
code named "skynet"
Posted on 6/2/14 at 10:50 am to tigerpawl
Would be nuts if Google can pull this off.
Last stat I saw, about a third of the worlds population has internet access. Google could potentially become the ISP for billions of people.
Last stat I saw, about a third of the worlds population has internet access. Google could potentially become the ISP for billions of people.
Posted on 6/2/14 at 1:16 pm to ZereauxSum
God forbid Google and Elon Musk ever get together on a project of this scope. Its scary what they could accomplish.
Posted on 6/2/14 at 5:59 pm to Hu_Flung_Pu
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code named "skynet"
Posted on 6/3/14 at 1:06 am to tigerpawl
Posted on 6/3/14 at 2:33 am to tigerpawl
Take that, Comcast. 
Posted on 6/3/14 at 3:19 am to tigerpawl
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The social network is spearheading Internet.org, a coalition of mobile technology companies that is working to bring Internet access to the 5 billion or so people around the world without it.
Those sub-Saharan African kids are going to love being able to google pictures of food that they don't have.
Posted on 6/3/14 at 8:19 am to THRILLHO
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Those sub-Saharan African kids are going to love being able to google pictures of food that they don't have.
On devices they will never be able to afford. I am a Bo-leiver while the internet is extremely valuable in its uses and functionality, it's also extremely worthless until you reach a certain level of civilization, of which tribal sun-Saharan African kids need to be brought up to first.
Posted on 6/3/14 at 8:47 am to TigerFanatic99
so they will have broadband access but no electricity
gj, google
gj, google
Posted on 6/3/14 at 9:03 am to TigerRad
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so they will have broadband access but no electricity
How crazy would it be to live a in a world where your phone had power but your house didn't? If Google is launching satellites I think they can afford to put up a few solar charging stations around town.
Posted on 6/3/14 at 9:15 am to THRILLHO
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spearheading
does anybody else hate the word spearheading now? I wanna punch everybody in my office that says it.
Posted on 6/3/14 at 11:40 am to Hu_Flung_Pu
curious on what the speeds could be for this.
Posted on 6/3/14 at 5:52 pm to The Eric
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curious on what the speeds could be for this.
Coming from Google, I would imagine that it would probably be pretty good. It would also be a game changer literally for a lot of Americans who are still forced to either use dial up or satellite because they live in in rural areas. You can get decent speeds with satellite, but latency is ridiculous and that can't be changed because of the speed of light and the fact that those satellites orbit thousands of miles in space. With those things floating only 12 miles up internet gaming would be possible anywhere.
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