O3B Details Plan for Satellite-Based Bandwidth For Africa

slash-sa writes "O3B Networks has been quietly preparing itself over the last 12 months for the moment last week when it announced that it was going to be offering cheap, low-latency satellite bandwidth that can cover any part of Africa by 2010. It has put in place early finance with Google, Liberty Global and HSBC. Here are more details from the entrepreneur behind the project, Greg Wyler."

Comments

Re:Cheap?

[TooMuchToDo]

Should've just dragged fiber.

Impractical.

[Whiney Mac Fanboy]

Should've just dragged fiber.

Do you have any idea how the logistic problems with trying to lay fibre from Satelites down to Africa?

First you've got to fire your rocket carrying the fibre up, get it to loop over the satellite without destroying it, then have the rocket carefully navigate back to your chosen destination.

No - wireless is a better solution with satellites IMHO.

Re:Cheap?

[Anonymous Coward]

so tourism isn't the main reason Homo sapiens left africa?

space elevator

[Anonymous Coward]

Should've just dragged fiber.

Do you have any idea how the logistic problems with trying to lay fibre from Satelites down to Africa?

It's worth the effort. Once you lay the fibre not only do you have high speed Internet, you have a space elevator as well.

Re:space elevator

[Whiney Mac Fanboy]

Once you lay the fibre not only do you have high speed Internet, you have a space elevator as well.

Not to mention the effects a high-fibre satellite will have on our gastrointestinal tubes health!