Is that the G-forces to be experienced when the whole shebang (commercially) falls to earth?

Not many seem to want 3G let alone 4. But 5?? LTE?? Bollock*s.

If it *does* take off, it'll scare the bejeezers out of Ericsson, Nokia Siemens Networks, et. al. Plus the global network operators. Guess we'll all have to use The Orange Spit (cingular)

MORE! Tin-Foil Hats :)

Seriously though, it will mean anyone anywhere on the planet will be able to send or recieve phone calls, which will really piss off all the Dictatorships (zimbawbei, china, north korea, Israel, USA, etc...) as they wont be able to stop the suppressed masses from sending/receiving subversive messages to/from the rest ofthe world.

Also it enables any dodgy warlord/dictator to remotly fly his dodgy WMD laden drone aircraft to any destination on just a mobile phone(i wonder if they will put the damage on his bill as well?) though i would suspect he will be using a hacked account or call forwarding.

Can anyone tell me if there's a place left on this planet that does NOT have Mobile Phones or Wi-Fi............YET?

As i would seriously like to move there for some piece and quiet.

mines the crinkly-Tin-Foil Space Suit.....

illuminatus;p

why no ROTM flag? A global communications net built by a sinsoter sounding corporation? Skynet must be stopped!

Yeah, call it skynet would be a bit... ominous.

Mine's the one with the ploymemetic alloy over ceramic plate armor.

It's been my belief for many years that anything the US military or government tells people that they are 'researching' or 'looking into' they already have had for the last ten years or so. So, don your tinfoil hats everyone! That nanosat is going over your head....... NOW!

Sorry, it'll make no difference on information availability. The opressed masses are already perfectly capable of getting their messages out / news in right now as long as they can aquire and are prepared to run the risk of being caught with whatever moody kit is required to circumvent the restrictions in place.

Yer "talks to anyone, anywhere" commodity satphone-alike is going to be top of the banned / party-officials-only list in yer average dictatorship / pariah state / revolutionary worker's paradise.

I read somewhere that these sats will come with full EMP protection; obviously the US government is concerned by the 2012 solar spikes that will fry the rest of our poor comm sats.

They couldn't use the name Skynet, 'cause there already is one.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skynet_%28satellites%29

Uh-oh.