How it works:
The Outer net signal is completely free to access and
nothing needs to be bought from Outer net to participate. Once connected to the
signal, any WiFi-enabled device can display the files on its native browser.
You may find it hard to believe, but a US based company Outer
net is aiming for providing free Wi-Fi to every person on earth using low-orbit
earth satellites. Outer net, also calling themselves as Humanity’s Public Library, is a global broadcast
data startup currently being incubated by the Media Development Investment Fund
(MDIF), a United States-based impact investment fund and non-profit organization
established in 1995 by Sasa Vucinic and Stuart Auerbach.
They recently began providing free Wi-Fi to 1.3 billion
people across North America, Europe and most of the Middle East. They have covered regions of Asia Pacific by
end of 2014 and by June 2015 the company aims to provide free internet to everybody
across the globe. Currently, it is providing 200 MB of data per day through its
high-speed signals, but soon it would be upgraded to 1 GB. The company is eying
on providing 100 GB of data per day to users across the globe.
According to MDIF, the initial content access includes
international and local news, crop prices for farmers, Teachers Without
Borders, emergency communications such as disaster relief, applications and
content such as Ubuntu, movies, music, games, and Wikipedia in its entirety.
Recently, Outer net has released a gadget called Lantern,
which aims to connect the entire world to the internet for free. Lantern is
more like a modern version of a digital radio and it works anywhere in the
world. With this, you can view everything in a browser but it will look like
offline mode with only some part accessible. The device is solar powered and
can also charge a phone. This is basically a wi-fi hotspot coupled with a
portable charger.
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