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| The Outernet |
The "Outernet" is an idea to create a network of satellites in low earth orbit that will transmit predetermined information back to earth. The information will be multicast over wi-fi and so will be readable by most personal computers, laptops, tablets and smartphones as long as they are wi-fi capable. And, this service would be made available free to every citizen on the planet.This project is still in the idea phase and its implementation is by no means a certainty.
The project is being talked about as if it is a way around the controls that countries have placed on internet service. But most of the websites that are slated for inclusion by Outernet at this point in time are not controversial. Most are informational or educational such as Wikipedia. One that is very interesting from a global currency / New World Order / beast government standpoint is Bitcoin Blockchain. Its inclusion in this sort of scheme would be a boost to Bitcoin's status as a global currency.
It is also part of the plan to include news transmission which is very interesting from an end-times perspective. The transmission from the satellite network will be able to be read from any point on the planet. This brings to mind Revelation 11 which states about God's two witnesses:
And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves. - Revelation 11:9 (KJV)
Until the present technological age it was questioned how it is possible that people from all over the world could witness this. Now with this sort of technology and the desire by Outernet to transmit data to the entire world, there is no longer a question of how such a thing could happen.
Here is more on this story from Motherboard.
'Outernet' Wants to Free the Internet by Sending It to Space
This is about as technoutopian as it
gets: A group of entrepreneurs want to bridge the digital divide and
circumvent censorship by beaming the internet from a constellation of
nanosatellites in orbit down to every citizen on Earth, free of
charge. The project's called Outernet, of course.
In actuality, the plan isn't to provide
complete access to the web, but rather broadcast a selection of
"high-quality" news and educational content to folks around
planet. The communication would be one-way only at first—more like
multichannel wireless programming.
The lofty goal is to reach the billions
people that don't have access to the wealth of information on the
internet. Not to make sure every single citizen on the planet can
shop on eBay and stream How I Met Your Mother, but to close the
global knowledge gap.
Hence, Outernet is seed-funded by the
Digital News Ventures, a subsidy of the nonprofit Media Development
Investment Fund that invests in news-related startups particularly
focused on "frontier markets." The group is asking for
donations and hopes to raise "tens of millions" of dollars
to send hundreds of CubeSats into low orbit.
For more information, here is the Outernet website.
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