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2017-10-08 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Google to use balloons for Puerto Rico phone service

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Posted by Fred 2017-10-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Kool, balloons as COs and DAs with a satellite backbone infrastructure.

Posted by Skidmark 2017-10-08 11:00|| 2017-10-08 11:00|| Front Page Top

#2 So after you deploy all the 'gee whiz' technology to temporarily restore vital services, what will you do when nobody rebuilds the basic infrastructure to get things back to normal?
(Because frankly, 'normal' there rated as fairly crappy by usual standards.)

Posted by ed in texas 2017-10-08 11:36|| 2017-10-08 11:36|| Front Page Top

#3 ...the old adage - if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Though the balloons will have to be reeled in during hurricane winds.

Posted by Procopius2k 2017-10-08 11:53|| 2017-10-08 11:53|| Front Page Top

#4 It can really be implemented as a geosynchronous mesh below flight lanes.

Posted by Skidmark 2017-10-08 14:12|| 2017-10-08 14:12|| Front Page Top

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