Some 600 miles from Earth, a satellite constellation circles, ferrying data at the speed of light.
This is Declan Ganley’s vision for Outernet, a self-sustaining data ark in space that promises to host the most vital global digital communications—a backup internet.
Every existing global communication network, including Starlink, currently passes through the internet—a porous “public highway” rife with malicious threats, according to Ganley, CEO of telecom firm Rivada Networks.
The Outernet, on the other hand, is “completely self-contained”: The signals stay in space, traveling through laser-linked satellite networks directly to users, bypassing traditional ground infrastructure.
It’s a “game changer,” the fastest network in existence, with data sovereignty assured, he told The Epoch Times….