Build your own net.

Remember the internet from the ITCrowd? You could build sort of your own version with the RPi-A:

You can build your own in"tra"net versus using the in"ter"net. But if you really want to be useful you might want to use a stationary satellite.

But then to get world wide coverage you might need several stationary satellites.

Do not tell me someone has not already done this. So you get:

Getting close to home.  Even if you do not have all that fancy equipment you can still build a private intranet.



 A bit dated, but still viable:

In part one you will get the basic setup and a few tweaks.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Your-personal-intranet-Part-1/

In part two you will get some additional tweaks.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Your-personal-intranet-Part-2/


Have fun.