The project “Outernet” decided on the method of content delivery and launches a company to raise money for the receiver

Outernet is a project dedicated to the organization of access to a certain similarity of the Internet anywhere in the world by means of data transmission from the satellite.

Earlier posts on this project ( “A little more about the project“ Outernet ” ) were published on Habré, but there were unresolved questions:
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- How will access be organized?
- Will it be just a receiver Broadcast or data transfer in both directions?
- How to "catch" the signal?

It seems that all these issues have been resolved.

More recently, Outernet launched a crowdfunding project to raise money for the receiver of their network:



What is:
- Satellite receiver;
- Built-in battery;
- Solar panels for recharging;
- Wi-Fi.

The receiver allows you to receive a satellite signal and transmit the received data via WI-Fi to connected devices. According to the developers, there will be no need to install applications to access the network - a browser on the end device will be enough.

It is designed to work within 12 hours (reception of the signal) and 4 hours with WI-Fi connection.

Network architecture

It seems that the developers of “Outernet” have finally decided how everything will work. The basis of everything is DVB-S - it is on the basis of this standard that the data from the satellite is transmitted to the end devices, moreover, as previously expected, the service will be realized by means of subscribing to a certain broadcast stream (by analogy with the inclusion of a particular channel). on satellite TV).

But perhaps the most interesting thing is that everyone can build their own receiver based on the Raspberry PI: github.com/Outernet-Project/orx-install

Thus, by purchasing their receiver or by collecting your own, you can receive a signal from the Outernet service for free.

Speed

As many expected, the access speed will be low, but it turned out to be even lower than previously expected. What is even more interesting, the creators of the service decided to increase the speed depending on the amount of money raised through crowdfunding.

$ 200 000 - The project will start successfully, the speed of 2 megabytes / day
$ 500,000 - 10 megabytes / day
$ 5,000,000 - 20 megabytes / day
$ 10,000,000 - 100 megabytes / day

Overview of the device + story about the project from the developers

What will be broadcast

- News in different languages;
- wikipedia (it is not clear how much / format);
- Specials;
- Various programs for education.

The cost of the receiver is $ 89 .

In my humble opinion, acquiring a receiver in the Russian Federation and the CIS countries has a very important meaning, while we can still get something from abroad by mail ...