[wsfii-discuss] Google Broadband

Fri Sep 12 15:48:12 UTC 2008

On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 7:17 AM, Mahabir Pun <mahabir at himanchal.org> wrote:

> Hello all;
>
> I agree with Ermanno Pietrosemoli. I had been telling friends why
> United Nations does not put a few satellites and provide connectivity
> to narrow down the digital divide that Kofi Annan always used to talk.
> If Google does that, that will be great I think. However, we need to
> wait to see how cheaper their services will be. It is not free.
>
> Apart from what restrictions Governments might decide to impose on how the
connectivity happens - i.e. setting up of VSAT's etc.

ram
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