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Google Interested in Wireless Bandwidth Balloons

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the or-just-want-to-suck-on-helium dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Google is reportedly looking into investing in or buying a company called Space Data, which provides wireless voice and data services to remote areas with a fleet of weather balloons fitted with transceivers." My mind is sorta tripping over how something like this could work, but I gotta admit that the idea is really cool.

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  1. Re:Rural area by KublaiKhan · · Score: 5, Informative

    If they're the same weather balloons that the NOAA folks use, they float well above commercial air traffic lanes.

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