Wouldn't this cause security issues? I wouldn't really want to be on the same Wi-Fi network as all of the cyber criminals in the world.
How do you feel about being on the same internet as them? Much less secure than the uni-directional multicast network that is proposed here, which makes your concern the equivalent of worrying that criminals might be watching the same TV station that you are.
How do you feel about being on the same internet as them? Much less secure than the uni-directional multicast network that is proposed here, which makes your concern the equivalent of worrying that criminals might be watching the same TV station that you are.
LOL, nice comparison to TV stations.
This would be a great way to distribute media content to the world. Multicast TV and Movies with encryption and then just charge for the key. If the distribution is to a country like North Korea, you don't even have to worry about copyrights.
How do you feel about being on the same internet as them? Much less secure than the uni-directional multicast network that is proposed here, which makes your concern the equivalent of worrying that criminals might be watching the same TV station that you are.
LOL, nice comparison to TV stations.
This would be a great way to distribute media content to the world. Multicast TV and Movies with encryption and then just charge for the key. If the distribution is to a country like North Korea, you don't even have to worry about copyrights.
Agreed, and that appears to be already part of their plan - at least the distribution. I've seen no word on charging for it yet.
"By leveraging datacasting 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."
As for lag times, if the americans can reliably drone shoot missiles on villagers and wedding halls halfway across the world, from their remote hiding holes, then that should seem good enough.
Nobody is going to play low-latency-requiring games on Outernet anyways, atleast initially. Most people like to do more important things.
I think the whole idea sounds very good when you read the headline only. It becomes much less interesting when you read further.
It's basically broadcasting, not internet access. Think of what could be if you really had internet access that can't be blocked. Esp. regions that are heavily censored, or regions that are remote. Or regions devastated by natural disasters.
But what all of them need is internet, not a broadcast of sorts. Who will decide what is being broadcast. Better yet, who will decide what is broadcast to who? And why exactly would they want to listen to our programming.
I think the idea of a free internet, as the headline implies, would be a good one and I would have easily donated money to this.
Brilliant! Let's spend billions of dollars to provide internet to people who can't pay us. Where is step three?
Step 3. These people are able to dramatically improve their quality of life and participate in the global business market, giving them a chance of getting out of poverty without massive handouts.
That's what I read into it anyway. I don't think profit is the only real motive in the world.
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Wouldn't this cause security issues? I wouldn't really want to be on the same Wi-Fi network as all of the cyber criminals in the world.
How do you feel about being on the same internet as them? Much less secure than the uni-directional multicast network that is proposed here, which makes your concern the equivalent of worrying that criminals might be watching the same TV station that you are.
This would be a great way to distribute media content to the world. Multicast TV and Movies with encryption and then just charge for the key. If the distribution is to a country like North Korea, you don't even have to worry about copyrights.
How do you feel about being on the same internet as them? Much less secure than the uni-directional multicast network that is proposed here, which makes your concern the equivalent of worrying that criminals might be watching the same TV station that you are.
LOL, nice comparison to TV stations.
This would be a great way to distribute media content to the world. Multicast TV and Movies with encryption and then just charge for the key. If the distribution is to a country like North Korea, you don't even have to worry about copyrights.
Agreed, and that appears to be already part of their plan - at least the distribution. I've seen no word on charging for it yet.
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Really? Only 40% has ISPs that throttle and cap their connections? Seems like it’d be higher…
I don’t remember… What was the minimum lag time for a satellite-based Internet service? 800ms?
It seems more likely to refer to uncensored access, rather than bandwidth-uncapped access.
From Outernet.is
"By leveraging datacasting 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."
As for lag times, if the americans can reliably drone shoot missiles on villagers and wedding halls halfway across the world, from their remote hiding holes, then that should seem good enough.
Nobody is going to play low-latency-requiring games on Outernet anyways, atleast initially. Most people like to do more important things.
It's basically broadcasting, not internet access. Think of what could be if you really had internet access that can't be blocked. Esp. regions that are heavily censored, or regions that are remote. Or regions devastated by natural disasters.
But what all of them need is internet, not a broadcast of sorts. Who will decide what is being broadcast. Better yet, who will decide what is broadcast to who? And why exactly would they want to listen to our programming.
I think the idea of a free internet, as the headline implies, would be a good one and I would have easily donated money to this.
I've been waiting for this. Coming next: servers in space. piratebay.org.orbit
"in space, nobody can hear you download"...
Brilliant! Let's spend billions of dollars to provide internet to people who can't pay us. Where is step three?
Step 3. These people are able to dramatically improve their quality of life and participate in the global business market, giving them a chance of getting out of poverty without massive handouts.
That's what I read into it anyway. I don't think profit is the only real motive in the world.