Tag Archives: History

SWANsat Satellite – Make Poverty History (4/4)

Super-Wide Area Network Satellite (SWANsat) is a Satellite_constellation of at least 3 Geosynchronous_orbiting high powered satellites. It is planned to launch around 2011. Effectively, it will be a global Internet Service Provider. An increase in potential worldwide wireless broadband internet capacity of around 600 million connections per satellite, using just a handheld mobile device to [...]

History of the Internet

Dear youtube, please turn of the advertising in this movie. It always displays a ad layer, when the clip is embedded. Thanks “History of the internet” is an animated documentary explaining the inventions from time-sharing to filesharing, from Arpanet to Internet. The history is told using the PICOL icons, which are available on picol.org. You [...]

ethan zuckerman history of the internet

no kidding, a history of the net in five