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Saturday, June 15, 2013

Google begins launching Internet-beaming balloons - Asia news - Boston.com

This reminds me of some other, shall we say... Free "ISP" Projects that I have seen. Like, on that planned to launch small satellites to share an Internet Connection around the World. I know that this on is on my Blog, somewhere. But, I don't remember the name of the Project and can't find it, right now. There were a couple more that involved Sharing a WiFi over whole Communities too. But, when you have the money that Google has... Well, things can really get done...

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Google begins launching Internet-beaming balloons

The Associated Press In this June 10, 2013 photo released by Google, solar panels and electronics are prepared for launch in Tekapo, New Zealand. Google is testing balloons which sail in the stratosphere and beam the Internet to Earth. (AP Photo/Google, Andrea Dunlap) EDITORIAL USE ONLY
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