Broadband Blimps

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Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday July 6, 2004 @04:48AM 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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Nitrogen as a lifting gas? by NETHED · 2004-07-06 04:50 · Score: 4, Funny

why use nitrogen as a lifting gas. Everytime I pour nitrogen gas, it settles to the bottom. Maybe they have magic nitrogen.

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Looks to me like ... by Aggrazel · 2004-07-06 04:54 · Score: 4, Funny

These guys played too much Final Fantasy ...
simpson obligatory quote! by Man+in+Spandex · 2004-07-06 04:58 · Score: 5, Funny

What's next? give controls to Barney again?

Barney: Hey can I pilot it?
Pilot: I see no harm in that
Barney: Wooooooarhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
*crash n burn*

we don't want that now do we
Re:They are NOT Blimps! by Tsali · 2004-07-06 04:59 · Score: 4, Funny

It's made of wood, it floats, so.... it's a witch!

Burn it! Burn it! Boo! Boo!

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Blade Runner Here We Come! by venomkid · 2004-07-06 05:00 · Score: 5, Funny

Throw some jumbotron advertising on the sides of these and I just might start going to seedy chinese food bars in the rain.

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Oh, the Humanity by bugmenot · 2004-07-06 05:07 · Score: 5, Funny

If this ever gets off the ground, I will be very worried the next time my network connection goes down.

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Re:They are NOT Blimps! by argent · 2004-07-06 05:17 · Score: 4, Funny

I for one, welcome our helium filled stationary communication overlords.

Best line on /. in weeks.
Tech support by invisik · 2004-07-06 05:23 · Score: 4, Funny

I'm sorry, our blimp is down right now--can I have someone call you back when it's up again?

Doh.

-m

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And in future news by Marxist+Hacker+42 · 2004-07-06 05:57 · Score: 4, Funny

Spaceship One Launch goes through Stratellite and cuts off cell phone service in the Mojave Desert.

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