Have $150,000? Buy This Bankrupt Satellite to Share Internet With the Poor [Video]

a college bus-sized satellite-the area’s most capable-is for sale, as its corporate owner goes under. But other than let it slowly die, a non-profit is raising money to repurpose it as a free internet provider for the poor.

Buy This Satellite says it’ll take $150,000 in contributions to position a successful bid on the orphaned Terrestar-1, at which point its orbit will probably be moved so as to supply a connection to countries in need-without cost. The gang also plans to manufacture and distribute cheap satellite modems to get people attached on the ground. loads of financial and bureaucratic trudging must be accomplished between cash raised and internet unleashed, however it’s a superbly daring plan, and a noble one at at that. Countries like Papua New Guinea-which has an open orbital ” slot” which the Terrestar-1 could move into-has internet access for under 2.1% of its population. A bus-sized router for the area’s poor and internet-less could do plenty of good. [ Buy This Satellite via Boing Boing ]

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