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Internet-By-Airship Scheduled For Trial Next Month

Posted by timothy on from the trial-balloon-ha-ha dept.

Reader ScrewTivo points to this Economist article on one of my favorite potential delivery means for high-speed Net access: stratosphere-dwelling airships. This version, from Sanswire Networks, is dubbed a "Stratellite," -- and one is scheduled to launch next month. As the submitter writes, "It's basically a blimp that thinks it's a geostationary satellite floating at 65K feet!"

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  1. am I just a naysayer? by justkarl · · Score: 0, Troll

    Pardon my insolence, stupidity, or lack of logic; but I'm not sure that this is the most fantastic idea for high-speed I've ever heard. First, DSL and Cable work GREAT. And for people in less, erm, metropolitan areas, satellite works great. Except when the weather goes. But how would a floating WAP work better than that?

    Far as I'm concerned, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.