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Google's balloons can now provide 4G Internet to an entire (small) state

article published on 13 March, 2015

Google's plans to bring Internet to the world via balloons has hit a new milestone. According to the search giant, a "Project Loon" balloon can now stay afloat for six months at a time and provide 4G LTE Internet to an area as big as the size of Rhode Island, the U.S.' smallest state at about 1200 square miles. Project Loon is not likely to launch in the U.S. first, where Internet ... [ read the full article ]

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hearme0
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_ 		13. March 2015 @ 12:37 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
While the idea is cool as ice, the 'balloon' thing is flat out whiggity whiggity whacked!


6 months longevity? Who's gonna foot that bill to maintain? And when does one preemptively maintain them...perhaps when they lose/hit a certain altitude?

I dunno.........again, cool but weird w/balloons.
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DXR88
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_ 		13. March 2015 @ 21:46 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by hearme0:
 While the idea is cool as ice, the 'balloon' thing is flat out whiggity whiggity whacked!


6 months longevity? Who's gonna foot that bill to maintain? And when does one preemptively maintain them...perhaps when they lose/hit a certain altitude?

I dunno.........again, cool but weird w/balloons.
if only we had a device that could defy gravity. A massive array is still the best bet.
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