[jrockway]

Sure. Just bounce your signal off the moon:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EME_(communications)

(There are also plenty of amateur satellites that you can use for communication. You won't like the rules, though: no encryption. You also won't like the realities of powering a radio transmitter in space: with a few minutes of sun per orbit onto a tiny solar panel, you get less radio output power than your WiFi network has.

If only some company were using tethered balloons to provide networking...)

[marktangotango]

An advantage aerial over satellite is lower latency.