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Damn, more satellites, Google will own the skies and connectivity will be everywhere.

Solar powered drones that can fly for five years! They'll surround the earth creating a mesh network of awesomeness.

This could be interesting for global markets, emerging markets, and countries where sharing via web is not easy.

The CW app will offer viewers the option of watching new episodes of its programs the day after they air on television. And unlike on other services such as Hulu, you don't have to authenticate with a cable or satellite TV subscription before gaining access to all those new shows, either.

"As the Roku figures suggest, cord-cutting is happening, so far, on a relatively small scale. For example, Nielsen reported that the number of households that have only broadband Internet and free broadcast channels increased by 631,000 in 2011. Meanwhile, 1.5 million homes ended TV service from cable, satellite, or telecommunications providers that same year."

If Google is successful with a "balloon network" will the traditional "tower & satellite" telcos be disrupted? NOTE: they do have the barricade of licensed spectrum...

SPOT Connect allows users to send email and text and do a couple of other things from anywhere over satellite.

British scientists will be launching an Android-based satellite in 2011.

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The six largest publicly traded U.S. cable and satellite-TV providers combined to lose about 580,000 customers in the second quarter.

Add Elon Musk satellite thing + this + Outernet and you get the trend to the global meshnet.