FCC grants OneWeb approval
to launch over 700 satellites for ‘space internet’
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- FCC chairman Ajit Pai has released a statement announcing that the commission has granted OneWeb approval for US market access to launch a network of internet-beaming satellites into orbit. OneWeb, which is backed in part by Richard Branson, has been working on providing broadband internet via satellite since 2000, when it acquired the satellite spectrum formerly owned by SkyBridge.
OneWeb plans to launch a constellation of 720 low-Earth orbit satellites using non-geostationary satellite orbit (NGSO) technology in order to provide global, high-speed broadband. The company’s goal has far-reaching implications, and would provide internet to rural and hard-to-reach areas that currently have little access to internet connectivity. Additionally, OneWeb has a targets of “connecting every unconnected school” by 2022, and “bridging the digital divide” by 2027.
it's 'synapse' happening! - watch the film 'antitrust' - this is that very plot. that being said, internet all over the planet. i dig that! :) price for consumer please! :)
Wifi in space? Welcome to 2017 ladies and gentlemen.
oh hell yeah
Iridium II
I wonder what I subscription would cost. Probably a lot.
Great to see this finally happening!
Soon we will wireless broadband globally, and at an affordable rate!
Bringing more people into the fold of the internet will be good thing for everyone.
truer words have never been spoken.
access to information and communication is a good thing for everyONE
...it's not all that great for 'the state'(s)...(most will never admit that because they're for 'freedom'...that's why all the rules..so we can be free..)...but it's good for people.
I agree, especially in the short term, making the world a more global market could draw some value away from the more developed world, if things are connected they have to eventually average out at least to some extent.
In the long run I think high tide is supposed to raise all ships. But it's rarely as simple as that...
But it's certainly good for people.