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

Posted by timothy on Sunday November 4, 2012 @06:24PM from the take-a-left-at-hawaii dept.

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].'"

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This is actually cool... by CRC'99 · 2012-11-04 18:31 · Score: 5, Interesting

... 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....

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