Dilip Khanolkar wrote:
There are 20 million linux users. If even half of them pay 10$ ( Rs.
500/-) each, we get 100 Million $. Add to that donations and sponsors
from big Linux companies and some organizations.
The idea is really good but is it affordable
If it gets going through donations and sponsorship then it can be
dedicated to the people for free downloads for 15 years. It will reach
every corner of Asia and Africa irrespective of local technological
roadblocks. The only one time cost is for buying the receiver equipment.
For schools and village panchayats, these can be sponsored by
organizations. The receivers can run on batteries in powerless areas.
The main problem is what technology and protocol to use for Satt.
broadcasts. The frequency should be very high so that dish size is very
small. A rough comparison with DTH is that DTH delivers a 5 MHz. TV
signal per channel in compressed digital format. So it is a rough
equivalent of 5 Mbps per channel. If we can push it to 8 Mbps, it is a 1
MByte/second download. So 1 hour gives 3600 MB of data. One DTH satt.
can have 200 + channels.
Regards,
Rony.
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