AnonTechie writes
Media Development Investment Fund, a New York based non-profit, is looking to offer a world-wide data stream free of charge.
Dubbed the 'Outernet', the network will broadcast a one-way data stream to the entire world via a network of mini satellites. The idea is to bridge the digital divide, offering some of the most important (and basic) information on the internet to people regardless of location.
Outernet has posted intention to deliver staples such as: local and international news, OpenStreetMap, Wikipedia, Ubuntu, various educational courseware, and emergency communications systems for use when cell systems fail.
(Score: 1) by suxen on Friday February 28 2014, @05:38AM
Thanks. We are engaged with local tech businesses to get content servers out into areas where there is no affordable internet. To download that would cost me a fortune, but some sites I work from have uncapped lines, so I will do it from there.