Broadband may be common these days, but there are plenty of places in the world where fat pipes are harder to come by.

 

The UN's communications agency, the International Telecommunications Union, is touting the importance of satellite technology in bridging the world's communications divide - as it can offer high-capacity transmission capabilities over wide areas, and bypasses the need to lay cabling and install other fixed infrastructure.

 

Another connectivity contender for getting to out-of-the-way places is long-range wireless IP-based tech WiMax, which can beam connectivity over distances of tens of kilometres. It could therefore be used to snugly blanket whole cities with wireless broadband coverage.

But some delivery solutions really take thinking outside the broadband box to a new level. Here are five weird and wonderful alternatives to getting a fat pipe fix.

 

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