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/****************** www.ac3bf1.org ninux.org - Wireless Community Rome ******************/ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Chris Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 12:49 AM Subject: [wsfii-discuss] Google Broadband To: World Summit on Free Information Infrastructure < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi all, According to FT and other sources, Google has announced their support for a new initiative called O3B to "bring internet access to 3bn people in Africa and other emerging markets by launching at least 16 satellites to bring its services to the unconnected" in 2010. "They will... order 16 low-earth orbit satellites... as the first stage in a $750m project to connect mobile masts in a swath of countries within 45 degrees of the equator to fast broadband networks... the project could bring the cost of bandwidth in such markets down by 95 per cent." I've written a critical review on on our new (personal) blog at: http://tinderblog.wordpress.com/2008/09/09/google-broadband/ Please feel free to read more and comment there. Ermanno Pietrosemoli commented: "I am very much excited about the possibility of using this transport technology in combination with community wireless access (WiFi extensions or even proprietary techniques) to provide a complete communication solution for developing countries at affordable cost, bypassing traditional carriers, provided that the frequency availability issue can be solved." Thanks, Chris. -- Aptivate | http://www.aptivate.org | Phone: +44 1223 760887 The Humanitarian Centre, Fenner's, Gresham Road, Cambridge CB1 2ES Aptivate is a not-for-profit company registered in England and Wales with company number 04980791. _______________________________________________ wsfii-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/wsfii-discuss
