To overcome infrastructure issues such as a lack of Internet access, the OLPC hopes to distribute cheap satellite dishes whose range will be lengthened by the laptops themselves, which will connect to each other in a mesh network. He also said that the OLPC has already designed a $100 server with 200 GB of storage that can be sent to individual villages for caching or storage purposes.

Domestically, the OLPC is considering distributing the computers to children in Massachusetts, says Negroponte, though he claims that 30 state governors have asked about it. He said such distribution is definitely a possibility, though he hopes to enlist partners. "It is not our job; it's someone else's job," he said.