Google to test-fly balloons which transmit internet over Australia
- Telstra to fly 20 balloons over western Queensland
- Google is trying to work out a way to give affordable internet access to the 4.8 billion people who cannot get online
- Estimated to bring two-thirds of people who are presently unwired.
- The company’s ultimate goal is to have a ring of balloons circling the Earth
Google is bringing its audacious internet-transmitting balloons to Australia. The company will test-fly 20 balloons in western Queensland in December in partnership with Telstra. It’s the latest step in Project Loon, Google’s plan to beam internet to remote parts of the world via helium balloons that circle the globe on stratospheric winds. The balloons carry antennas that can beam 4G-like signals to homes and phones 20km below.
In my opinion I think that Googles project loon helping third world countries gain access to internet will help
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