[wsfii-discuss] Outernet

Tue Feb 4 16:35:23 UTC 2014

Well, if any of the WiFi drivers found in the gear they are referring to would
actually support monitor mode, this could work *in theory* from the software
point of view. However, building and maintaining 150 satellites seems crazy
(iridium failed to maintain half of that number with a billion $$$ budget though
they targeted dedicated handsets, remember?). IP-over-DVB seems to be the more
appropriate tech for such a task (and it's actually being used for that for more
than a decade)

On 02/04/2014 02:03 PM, Steve Song wrote:
> Makes Project Loon look positively pragmatic.  :)
> 
> -S
> 
> 
> On 4 February 2014 08:20, Alexander List <alex at list.priv.at
> <mailto:alex at list.priv.at>> wrote:
> 
>     Hi,
> 
>     just ran across this project...
> 
>     https://www.outernet.is/
> 
>     WiFi from outer space ;)
> 
>     cheers
> 
>     Alex
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