Broadband Barrage Balloons

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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[zymano]

The broadband, spectrum, communications problem in this country is due to incompetent government. The local governments are the main cause of the cable broadband and pricing problem. They only care more about wringing every cent from the Renting of the public cable lines so we get these ridiculous prices for broadband and cable tv.

The Local and Fed governments philosophy on managing and taxing of the radio spectrum and cable lines by selling to the highest bidder cable co. or wireless phone com. need to stop. The cable networks(public owned sections) should be gov owned and not privately run as in Municipal cable/broadband.

If there is a policy of renting the public owned lines to the cable company then it should go to the cable company with the best product for the best price(most affordable packages with broadband) and allowing individual public to pick and choose from a list of what options they want. As for the radio spectrum, the same policy should be in effect. Also Stop the selling our spectrum to the highest bidder. That only drives up the prices for all cellphones or future tech that relies on the radio spectrum. And also why is there stupid taxation of something we rely on for communication? Should we tax all speech ?

Sorry to say this but broadband is not expensive as some of you think. The cable and phone companies have ZERO competition thanks to CLUSTERFUCK FCC ZAR POWELL(brother of colin).