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Title: It's a bird, it's a plane, it's the rebirth of satellite Internet Post by: HCK on February 08, 2015, 09:00:18 am It's a bird, it's a plane, it's the rebirth of satellite Internet
<article> <section class="page"> <p> SpaceX (http://www.engadget.com/2015/01/19/google-spacex-internet-plans/?ncid=rss_truncated), Facebook, Virgin Galactic (http://www.networkworld.com/article/2871304/security0/virgin-galactic-wants-to-launch-2-400-comm-satellites-to-offer-ubiquitous-broadband.html) and Google have all announced major initiatives that would help connect the world—especially developing nations—to the Internet. But the next thing in worldwide connectivity isn’t going to be in underground cables, so much as it will be over your head. It starts with satellites, but it gets a lot weirder. </p><p> Back in the nineties, when we first started to understand the promise of this whole “Internet” thing, satellite Internet access represented the promise of the future: High speeds, delivered anywhere, without waiting for your local phone company or cable provider to build out the infrastructure necessary for broadband access. The reality was less glamorous.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2880946/its-a-bird-its-a-plane-its-the-rebirth-of-satellite-internet.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: It's a bird, it's a plane, it's the rebirth of satellite Internet (http://www.macworld.com/article/2880946/its-a-bird-its-a-plane-its-the-rebirth-of-satellite-internet.html#tk.rss_all) |