aNewDomain — On July 10-11, 1962, the launch of the Telstar I satellite marked the beginning of true global communications. Check out how this happened in the excellent Early History of Satellites infographic, below. Happy birthday, Telstar I.
Source: Visualstan and BroadbandWherever.net.
Google might be planning to bring next-generation satellite Internet to the world:
http://cis471.blogspot.com/2014/06/can-google-connect-other-three-billion.html