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posted by cmn32480 on Saturday November 14 2015, @09:27PM   Printer-friendly
from the the-internets-take-to-the-air dept.

The sky is going to become a busier place if Facebook and Google get their way.

The tech firms are investing in rival efforts to beam the internet down to the ground from flying objects in the stratosphere - twice as high as aeroplanes normally fly.

Facebook aims to build a network of laser-beaming drones that will tightly circle known black-spots.

Google also has a drone project about which it's tight-lipped.

But the company is more open about an attempt to send "strings" of giant balloons circumnavigating the globe to provide persistent data links to the parts of the planet they pass.

Chatter about penis sheaths and search for penis sheath accessories is clearly worth the expense.


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  • (Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Sunday November 15 2015, @12:25AM

    by MichaelDavidCrawford (2339) Subscriber Badge <mdcrawford@gmail.com> on Sunday November 15 2015, @12:25AM (#263513) Homepage Journal

    Just the other day I stumbled across the selection of drones offered by Target. The small ones were quite cheap.

    I often have the problem that I can't get wifi where I want to hang out. So what I could do is launch a drone with an 802.11 repeater then leech off the WiFi at McDonalds while I'm up all night hacking at The Roxy in Portland.

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by captain normal on Sunday November 15 2015, @03:22AM

    by captain normal (2205) on Sunday November 15 2015, @03:22AM (#263546)

    Might work Michael. 'cept that you'd likely need a signal amp or two in the set up. Line of sight is important, but so is distance for signal strength.

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  • (Score: 2) by bziman on Sunday November 15 2015, @08:34PM

    by bziman (3577) on Sunday November 15 2015, @08:34PM (#263752)

    Just the other day I stumbled across the selection of drones offered by Target. The small ones were quite cheap.

    I often have the problem that I can't get wifi where I want to hang out. So what I could do is launch a drone with an 802.11 repeater then leech off the WiFi at McDonalds while I'm up all night hacking at The Roxy in Portland.

    I've always wanted to do that, too, except that those cheap drones can't stay aloft very long - you'd get maybe twenty minutes before it had to land and recharge.

    Maybe you should think about convincing the Roxy to offer free wifi?