O3b Launches Four More Satellites To Bring Internet To 'Other 3 Billion' 80
An anonymous reader writes "O3b Networks is aiming to provide internet access through satellite, to the "other three billion" people in under-served equatorial regions (Africa, the Pacific, South America). O3b launched four more satellites [Thursday], to add to the four they already have in orbit. This is a very international effort; a Russian Soyuz rocket went up from South America, carrying satellites built in France. There's a video of the rocket and payloads coming together and a video of the rocket launch. There's also an academic paper describing using the O3b system from the Cook Islands in the Pacific, giving an idea of what it does and those all-important ping times."
Let's see what happens (Score:5, Funny)
Maybe the other 3 billion will use a near limitless supply of knowledge for something other than watching cat videos.
Re:The promise is delivered (Score:1, Funny)
most without clean drinking water, food, electricity, adequate health-care .... But Hot-Damn, they will be able to search Google!!!!
Jeez!
But enough about Detroit... what about those people in other countries?