A US company is planning to build a global network called “outernet” to provide free internet to all the people on the earth. The idea is to offer free internet access to all people, regardless of location, according to the New York based non-profit organisation, Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF).
MDIF hopes to launch hundreds of tiny satellites (size of toaster ovens) known as CubeSats, allowing anyone with a phone or computer to access internet data sent to the satellites by several hundred ground station. MDIF has acknowledged that building such a network would not be cheap. Such satellites typically run $100,000 to $300,000 to build and launch.
MDIF plans to deploy and available wifi by June 2015.