Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Satellites are Expensive

http://www.technologyreview.com/news/531041/emtech-googles-internet-loon-balloons-will-ring-the-globe-within-a-year/

What do you think about  your "communications satellite" being replaced by a hundred or so "communications weather balloons.".

(Oct'15) (Google's Parent company) Alphabet is calling these "loon balloons" and plans to deploy them over Indonesia next year.

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