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Broadband Blimps

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-got-no-strings-to-hold-me-down dept.

mcabiling writes "SansWire Networks will demonstrate their "Stratellite" technology next week. For those of you who aren't familiar with SansWire, they plan to build a wireless network with balloons or "airships" as they call them. "A Stratellite(TM) is a high-altitude airship that when in place in the stratosphere will provide a stationary platform for transmitting various types of wireless communications services currently transmitted from cell towers and satellites. It is not a balloon or a blimp. It is a high-altitude airship." Looks like a blimp to me..."

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  1. Re:Nice technology by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Who cares? Tennis is a wussy girly sport anyway.

  2. Re:I thought of this years ago. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    Sir, your ideas intregue me and I'd like to subscribe to your newsletter.
    It's "your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter," asshole.