美公司拟明年发射卫星让免费wifi覆盖全球
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据美国媒体2月6日报道,让全世界每个角落都覆盖无线网,听上去好像是个美丽的设想,不过美国一家科技公司打算把它变成现实。这家公司预计在
2015年6月前向近地轨道发射数百颗迷你卫星,这些卫星面向地球持续释放无线网络信号,覆盖世界各地,使用任何电子终端都能连接上无线网。
这家充满雄心壮志的公司是美国的媒体发展投资基金公司,他们的项目叫“Outernet”。这家公司正在与美国航天局联系,希望获得帮助,在国
际空间站进行信号释放测试,后期还需要美国航天局帮忙把数百颗cubesats迷你卫星送入指定轨道。按照设想,进入预定轨道后的卫星能够接收来自地面基
站释放的网络数据,卫星需要对这些数据进行解析,并转换成无线网络释放到地球上。
另据站长之家报道,据外媒消息,美科技创业者们欲通过一个名为Outernet的“科技乌托邦”项目来达到将无线网络信号覆盖全世界的目的。据悉,该项目是通过将数百颗微型人造卫星CubeSats发射至近地轨道,而这些人造卫星便是免费wifi的“发源地”!
实际上,Outernet计划仍无法提供完善的无线网络,准确的说,这项计划主要是为了广泛的传播高质量的新闻以及息息相关的教育信息。Outernet计划中的通信方式更趋向于一种多通道无线规划形式!
这项“伟大”的计划并不是为了让用户能够随心所欲的进行网购,或是进行其他娱乐项目,这个项目的主要目的是为了缩小世界各地人民的知识鸿沟!
Outernet项目的种子基金是由一家非盈利组织Digital News Ventures提供,该机构表示希望能够筹得足够的基金将这些人造卫星发射到近地轨道上去!
这项“乌托邦”式的计划已获得了许多网友的支持,而比特币钱包Blockchain,Ubuntu,世界地图OpenStreetMap,以及
维基百科等都加入了“支持”大队之中。但同样反对之声亦是不少,来自社交网站Reddit和其他网站的一些评论家对此项目都持怀疑态度,且提出了许多悬而
未决的问题!
Published: Wednesday, February 26, 2014, 13:49
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Washington, Feb 26:
Here is a glad news - A US company is planning to
build a global network of cube satellites to provide internet to all the
people on the planet . And its for free !
The New York based non-profit organization , Media Development
Investment Fund (MDIF), is trying to offer free internet access to all
people, regardless of location. And the project looks forward to bypass
filtering or other means of censorship too.
According to the project proposal, hundreds of cube satellites will be
built and launched to create a pool in the sky, allowing anyone with a
phone or computer to access Internet data sent to the satellites by
several hundred ground stations, says a AP report.
"40% of people devoid of internet connection"
The organization claims that 40% of the people in the world today are
still not able to connect to the internet due to many reasons like
government restrictions and high cost. The project would allow people
from remote areas like Siberia to parts of the western US to remote
islands or villages in Africa to receive the same news as those in New
York or Tokyo.
However, the project is not cheap. MDIF has said that building and
launching such satellites typically run $100,000 to $300,000. The
timeline for the project calls for deploying the initial cubesats as
early as next summer.
Read more at: http://news.oneindia.in/india/coming-soon-free-wifi-everyone-on-earth-1402586.html
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