This was more or less asked a a few days ago on Reddit[0]. The top comment explains it better than I've ever heard before, in the perspective of an American org

This was more or less asked a a few days ago on Reddit[0]. The top comment explains it better than I've ever heard before, in the perspective of an American organization. But, like the article hints at, even unlicensed radio frequencies aren't free and as the LightSquared[1] issues that have recently been making news, sending radio signals from space over a designated frequency still has it's own set of problems. [0] http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/qujkt/if_a_rich_man_like_bill_gates_decided_to_finance/ http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/qujkt/if_a_rich_m... [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LightSquared#Interference_issues http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LightSquared#Interference_issue...