[pp.int.general] Lobbying EgyptSat To Provide Free Internet Services For Egyptians

[Jay Emerson]

Thanks for the info!  I was more going the route of asking them to donate
the services and we return the favor by advertising the fact they did it for
the people of Egypt.  $3K in services donated is much less than marketing
budgets for most companies and It's not even money they're spending.  Not to
mention an endorsement from pirates and a group that shall remain Anonymous
will go a long way for them.

That was my thought process on this.

Jay Emerson
Administrative Officer
Pirate Party of New York
On Feb 3, 2011 8:46 PM, "Kenneth Peiruza" <kenneth at contralaguerra.org>
wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
>
> About satellite communications, some points:
>
> Last year I asked a friend about sat-com because everyone at Bangkok's
> hackerspace went nuts with the (buggy) filtering proxy of Thai's
government.
>
> I have a friend who is an amazing telecom expert, running a satellite
> communication's firm in EMEA, so I asked him about rates and latency.
>
>
> In short:
>
> 1000 US$ / mbps / month
> Equipment: btw 1200 and 2000 US$
> Link Latency 500 ms (all geosynchronous satellites have this delay)
> Emitter dish considerably bigger that a simple Sat-TV receiver (AFAIR
> 2,5M diameter)
>
> IMHO discouraging. If you want it anyway, I can put you in touch with him.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Kenneth
>
> On 04/02/11 01:00, Jay Emerson wrote:
>> Thanks and will do.
>>
>> Jay Emerson
>> Administrative Officer
>> Pirate Party of New York
>> On Feb 3, 2011 1:41 AM, "bbox-gs" <borgbox.drone.guinness1 at gmail.com>
wrote:
>>> nice Op. Jay
>>>
>>> also, keep an eye on #openmesh on twitter. looks like they will try and
>> buy a satellite. I'm contributing ideas for tech., from afar (still, if
they
>> can help - got to push this) - strange bed fellows, I'm on my own. but
I'm
>> trying to add ideas to make it robust AND pushing to give it to an
>> International Org., for full transparency -not US control.
>>> it's an interesting read,
>>> at least #borgboxgs1 comments ;)
>>>
>>> anyone know of a good trusted Org. to run the SAT?
>>>
>>> the US centric core group is probably ignoring common sense I think :(
>>> note: Gary Jay Brooks seems like a good egg so far. Shervin???
>>>
>>> maybe more push from the international community would help.
>>>
>>> it has good potential in the right hands.
>>>
>>> to be seen...
>>>
>>> Peace Brother
>>>
>>> gs1
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPod
>>>
>>> On Feb 3, 2011, at 0:31, Jay Emerson <jemers2 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Would members of PPI be up for helping us lobby this company to provide
>> free Satellite Internet Services for the Egyptian people?
>>>>
>>>> http://www.egyptsat.com/
>>>>
>>>> I have started a PiratePad and will collaborate with others if this is
>> something some of us would want to do:
>>>>
>>>> http://piratenpad.de/ipzdFy569K
>>>>
>>>> While it has been restored, I think preparing for another shut down is
>> best and what we do:
>>
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/02/egypt-internet-back-up-as-protests-turn-violent-in-cairo/
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance and feel free to start without me on the PiratePad.
>>>>
>>>> - Jay
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Jay Emerson
>>>> Administrative Officer
>>>> New York Pirate Party
>>>>
>>>> "My user has information that could...that could make this a free
system
>> again! No, really! You'd have programs lined up just to use this place,
and
>> no MCP looking over your shoulder." - Tron
>>>>
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