Kim Dotcom's Next Venture: Free Broadband To New Zealand

First time accepted submitter damagedbits writes "So it turns out that Me.ga is only part of Kim Dotcom's resolution for 2013. Even though he's still facing extradition to the U.S. for alleged piracy, Dotcom has plans to resurrect Pacific Fibre's failed project to construct a fiber optic cable across the Pacific to the U.S. The new line will bring free high-speed broadband to New Zealanders and double the nation's Internet bandwidth, setting Dotcom back about $400m." Some of that funding is based on optimism: "Dotcom plans on getting the majority of his funds by suing Hollywood studios and the US government for their 'unlawful and political destruction of [Megaupload].'"

Comments

This is actually cool...

[CRC'99]

... It really seems to be a Robin Hood type thing....

The 'rich' taking the 'richer' to the cleaners to provide broadband to the masses for free...

Lately I can't seem to fault this guy....

Re:This is actually cool...

[Tom]

Lately I can't seem to fault this guy....

His PR manager is doing a great job, isn't he? It's almost as if rich people could pay for a good image. As if there were companies available who troll social media sites, leave comments on newpaper and blog pages and generally improve your public perception. Oh, wait...

Re:I Like this guy...

[blind biker]

He's still a complete douche, right down to the bottom of his trolling little heart.

I am shocked that this cheap piece of character assassination got modded +4

If you want to criticize someone, please provide some arguments. Until then, the man did nothing bad. In fact, of the moderately rich people, he is one of the few that arrived to his riches with honest work. You disagree? Fine, provide some fucking arguments instead of just ad hominem insults.