I had already discarded this idea, because of the lack of hardware, but it does open the question as to whether the US should direct future research into broadband into satellite internet. The two birds you could kill at once would be domestic access and, assuming you could get the hardware accepted into other countries, a tool for future operations of this nature.
Promote the hardware, perhaps at a discounted price, perhaps even in partnership with local resellers. It's the newest thing, a great option for getting internet to poor people, heck - you could even throw money at people to deploy it.
You wouldn't need very deep market penetration into a country, though obviously it would be better if the technology worked with mobile devices.
If you're a tinfoil hat type, I would keep my eyes peeled for something like this.