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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. simpson obligatory quote! by Man+in+Spandex · · 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

  2. Blade Runner Here We Come! by venomkid · · 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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  3. Oh, the Humanity by bugmenot · · 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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