Could We Beam Broadband Internet Into Iran? 541
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timothy
from the extend-the-tubes dept.
from the extend-the-tubes dept.
abenamer writes "Some reporter at a recent White House press briefing just asked the White House press secretary, Robert Gibbs, this question: Was 'the White House....considering beaming broad capability into Iran via satellite so the opposition forces would be able to communicate with themselves and the outside world?' 'Gibbs said he didn't know such a thing was possible. (Is it?) But he said he would check on the technological feasibility and get back with an answer.' I'm not sure what the reporter meant by beaming broadband into Iran: Do they even have 3G? Would we bomb the Iranians with SIM cards that would allow them to get text messages from the VOA? Or somehow put up massive Wi-Fi transmitters from Iraq and beam it into Iran? How would you beam broadband into Iran?"
VOAol (Score:2, Funny)
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Ummm (Score:5, Funny)
Could they beam broadband into New York City first? Thanks.
An extention of the Sharks with Lasers Idea... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Balloons? (Score:5, Funny)
NCC-1701 version (Score:3, Funny)
We would have to ask Scotty if we had enough power to beam broadband.
Re:Ummm (Score:5, Funny)
Maybe to get widespread broadband, the US needs an emerging tyra.. oh wait.
Re:Ummm (Score:5, Funny)
How is an emerging tyrannosaurus (presumably a fossil just being uncovered) going to help with widespread broadband?
Re:Ummm (Score:5, Funny)
I think he meant "Tyra Banks". Her emergence will drive demand for broadband, or something.
Re:ham radio (Score:3, Funny)
Would Muslims want to use ham radio?
Re:NCC-1701 version (Score:3, Funny)
Captain, ma dongle canna tak much more o' this!
Re:Get a pringles can and go to Iraq (Score:1, Funny)
Do they make Halal Pringles?
Re:Satellite tech. (Score:4, Funny)
Re:An extention of the Sharks with Lasers Idea... (Score:3, Funny)
Be not afraid of Internet; (Score:5, Funny)
Some are born with Internet, some pay a lot for Internet, and others have Internet thrust upon them.
Re:Ummm (Score:3, Funny)
No, I think he was referring to reality. It's an Iranian affair, and they're funding their own misinformation and corruption, thank you very much.
Re:Ummm (Score:5, Funny)
What's the point? NY doesn't have anywhere near as much (potential for) oil as Iran.
Any historians in the audience? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Eh sonny? (Score:1, Funny)
They also know nothing about routers, packets, fiber or anything that would explain how those videos get from YouTube to their iphones. My wife tells me that most people are living in a world where all sorts of neat stuff happens magically, and when it stops happening the only real solution is to call some company (or, if they're lucky, a sufficiently tech-savvy friend) that can make that magic start working again.
This is fairly disturbing.
They also know nothing about organs, surgery, medicine or anything that would explain how their bodies work and continue to function each day. My wife tells me that most people are living in a world where all sorts of amazing biology happens magically, and when it stops happening the only real solution is to call some doctor that can make that magic start working again.
This is fairly disturbing.
Re:Ummm (Score:2, Funny)
How about we let them go to the damn library where they can get it already?
Re:Nokia / Siemens could provide an answer (Score:5, Funny)
how would they use their bandwidth? (Score:1, Funny)
If you gave the Iranians access to the internet, they'd just suck up all the bandwidth with YouTube, MySpace, Facebook and Second Life. Half of them would be inspired to overthrow their government, and the other half would see the outside world as a vast wasteland, and embrace their isolation. I'm pretty sure that this is why North Korea's like this. They saw an episode of "Mr. Ed" and decided that isolationism isn't so bad after all.
Hot air balloons... (Score:1, Funny)
We could always just use hot air balloons like in this comic here... http://toblender.com/comic/?p=360
Re:Ummm (Score:2, Funny)