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Alphabet Deploys Project Loon Balloons to Puerto Rico

posted by mrpg on Sunday October 22 2017, @06:56AM   Printer-friendly
from the for-real-or-VR? dept.

takyon writes:

Alphabet's Project Loon deploys LTE balloons in Puerto Rico

Alphabet's Project Loon has officially deployed its LTE balloons to Puerto Rico, the team announced this afternoon. In a blog penned by Project Loon head Alastair Westgarth, the company says it's working with the Federal Communications Commission, the Federal Aviation Authority, FEMA, and other cellular spectrum and aviation authorities to bring connectivity to parts of the island still suffering in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. Loon's official LTE partner for the initiative is AT&T, which is helping Loon use its fleet of stratospheric helium balloons to bring functions like text messaging and minor web browsing access to Puerto Rico residents who have LTE-equipped smartphones.

Also at TechCrunch.

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  • (Score: 2) by lx on Monday October 23 2017, @05:40AM (1 child)

    by lx (1915) on Monday October 23 2017, @05:40AM (#586183)

    Operations: 70.000 ops
    Trust: 100 Trust
    Effect: A new era of trust

    Balloons connecting families and friends sounds cute and inoffensive but we know what is REALLY going on.

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  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 23 2017, @05:56AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 23 2017, @05:56AM (#586192)

    "I dont know wtf is going on haha" [reddit.com]