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Broadband Barrage Balloons

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the moon-over-my-hammy dept.

alnya writes "BBC Online are reporting a story of a York-based company called SkyLinc who are floating baloons connected to a fibre optic pole which, they say, can deliver broadband access at "more than double the speed of most broadband services currently available" - whatever that means. Only 18 balloons would be necessarily to blow BT out the water (according to the article). Is this on the horizon?"

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  1. Problem Solved by Robert+Hayden · · Score: -1, Redundant

    This would probably work fine until BT got themselves a pellet gun.

  2. Blow BT out of the water... by disneyfan1313 · · Score: 0, Redundant
    Only 18 balloons would be necessarily to blow BT out the water (according to the article).



    I could be wrong, but a strong powered BB-Gun would be all that's needed to blow them out of the water!

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  3. Re:balloon concept by the+uNF+cola · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Not if the pellet gun people have their way.

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  4. ok, and the very first redneck that sees by Rooked_One · · Score: 0, Redundant
    a big borking balloon hovering over his land that finds out it has anything to do with computers...

    Do I really need to go on, or would you like me to just do the obligtory BOOM - PoP - PHFFFTTTTTTFFZZZZZZZZZ

    thought so :)