دسترسی رایگان به اطلاعات برای همه، بدون اینترنتOuternet turned on their first public satellite signal on August 11, 2014. The signal delivers 200 MB per day to receivers that users are required to build. Outernet provides instructions for users to build their own receivers and encourages people to do so and to share their results with Outernet. This first signal, which Outernet describes as a test signal, is being broadcast over Galaxy 19 and Hot Bird, covering North America, Europe, and parts of the Middle East and North Africa. The network is primarily focused on a one-way data service, with two-way traffic being a long-term goal of the company. On October 1, 2014, Outernet released a major update accompanied by a video featuring burning books in an abandoned Detroit automotive factory. The update included a redesign of the Outernet website and the release of Whiteboard, their content suggestion platform that allows anyone to suggest a URL for broadcast. Once a URL is submitted, other visitors may vote on it with the URLs receiving the most votes entering the Outernet broadcast carousel.The Outernet broadcast is broken into three categories: the Queue, Sponsored Content, and the Core Archive. Content in the Queue is decided via votes on Whiteboard as well as requests via the Outernet Facebook page. Outernet plans to expand the avenues through which it is able to receive requests for content. Anyone can view what is being broadcast on Outernet at any time 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. Requests to NASA to use the International Space Station to test their technology were denied in June 2014 due to, as stated by a letter sent by the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) to the staff working for Outernet, both inaccuracies within the proposition, such as it is assumed that the NanoLab housing will be provided by the CASIS program outside the budget, and costs, ranging from $150K($150,000) to $175K($175,000). This resulted in the CASIS operations review stating in the letter that the likelihood for mission success as proposed is not probable
Posted on: Mon, 22 Dec 2014 19:49:13 +0000
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