Apesar de estares a ler este texto agora no computador e/ou iPhone ou algum outro smartphone com acesso contínuo à web, sete entre dez pessoas ao redor do mundo não têm acesso à internet. São cerca de cinco bilhões de pessoas, segundo a organização A Human Right, cuja missão é "melhorar a condição humana ao defender e proteger o acesso global à informação como um direito humano”.
Para combater essa disparidade, a fundadora Kosta Grammatis pretende comprar um satélite de comunicações TerreStar-1, da TerreStar, que pediu concordata em 2010.
A iniciativa chama-se Buy This Satellite (Compre este Satélite) e tem três fases: na fase 1, o grupo pretende arrecadar 150 mil dólares para finalizar um plano de negócios, organizar-se legalmente para fazer uma oferta pelo satélite e contratar engenheiros. Na fase 2, o grupo irá, entre outras coisas, efectivar uma oferta oficial pelo satélite, desenvolver um modem de código aberto e adquirir um slot orbital. Na fase 3, o grupo moverá o satélite para uma nova órbita ao redor dos países parceiros e fornecerá o serviço.
A Human Right já conversou com as pessoas da TerreStar, e chegou-se a um preço final para o satélite. A princípio, os 150 mil dólares seriam suficientes para o pontapé inicial, mas o custo final provavelmente será bem mais alto. Segundo o website do grupo, um outro satélite chamado Iridium foi vendido recentemente por 23 milhões de dólares em 2000.
Mesmo se a instituição conseguir arrecadar os fundos necessários, A Human Right planeja financiar a cobertura gratuita que permite a empresas de telecomunicações comprem e revendem largura de banda de alta velocidade. Mas o serviço básico de acesso à internet será gratuito para todos.
Segundo o Human Right, "acreditamos que o acesso à informação é uma necessidade de cada cidadão global, e pretendemos enfrentar a desigualdade do acesso à informação tornando a internet tão onipresente que se possa contar com ela sempre: conectividade gratuita, global e sem interrupção”.
Despite feeling reading this text now on the computer and / or iPhone or other smartphone with continuous access to the web, seven in ten people around the world do not have Internet access. There are about five billion people, according to Human Right organization, whose mission is to "improve the human condition to defend and protect the global access to information as a human right."
To combat this disparity, the founder Kosta Grammatis want to buy a communications satellite TerreStar-1, from TerreStar, which filed for bankruptcy in 2010.
The initiative is called Buy This Satellite (Buy this Satellite) and has three phases: Phase 1, the group plans to raise $ 150,000 to complete a business plan, organize legally to make an offer by the satellite and hire engineers. In phase 2, the group will, among other things, effecting an official offer by the satellite, develop an open source modem and acquire an orbital slot. In phase 3, the group will move the satellite into a new orbit around the partner countries and provide the service.
The Human Right has talked with people from TerreStar, and came to a final price for the satellite. At first, the $ 150,000 would be sufficient for the kickoff, but the final cost will probably be much higher. According to the website of the group, another satellite named Iridium was recently sold for 23 million dollars in 2000.
Even if the institution can raise the necessary funds, Human Right plans to finance the free coverage that allows telecommunications companies to buy and resell bandwidth of high speed. But the basic service of Internet access is free for all.
According to Human Right, "we believe that access to information is a need for every global citizen, and we intend to tackle inequality of access to information makes the Internet so ubiquitous that it can always count on it: free connectivity, global and without interruption" .
To combat this disparity, the founder Kosta Grammatis want to buy a communications satellite TerreStar-1, from TerreStar, which filed for bankruptcy in 2010.
The initiative is called Buy This Satellite (Buy this Satellite) and has three phases: Phase 1, the group plans to raise $ 150,000 to complete a business plan, organize legally to make an offer by the satellite and hire engineers. In phase 2, the group will, among other things, effecting an official offer by the satellite, develop an open source modem and acquire an orbital slot. In phase 3, the group will move the satellite into a new orbit around the partner countries and provide the service.
The Human Right has talked with people from TerreStar, and came to a final price for the satellite. At first, the $ 150,000 would be sufficient for the kickoff, but the final cost will probably be much higher. According to the website of the group, another satellite named Iridium was recently sold for 23 million dollars in 2000.
Even if the institution can raise the necessary funds, Human Right plans to finance the free coverage that allows telecommunications companies to buy and resell bandwidth of high speed. But the basic service of Internet access is free for all.
According to Human Right, "we believe that access to information is a need for every global citizen, and we intend to tackle inequality of access to information makes the Internet so ubiquitous that it can always count on it: free connectivity, global and without interruption" .
Fonte: http://pplware.sapo.pt/
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