Internet projects
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This document discusses projects by Google and Facebook that aim to provide internet access to more remote areas. It outlines Project Loon by Google, which involves using high-altitude balloons powered by solar energy to broadcast Wi-Fi from the stratosphere. In 2013, Google launched an initial test of 30 balloons in New Zealand to beam internet to test users on the ground. It also mentions Facebook's plan to use solar-powered planes that can remain airborne for months to provide internet connectivity from the sky to areas below.
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- 2. Is Internet really being accessed by all? Aims to provide internet access to every human civilization in Earth. Famous Project’s 1. Loon(Google) 2. Drones(Facebook)
- 4. Project Loon began with a pilot test in June 2013 stratosphere’s thirty balloons were launched from New Zealand’s South Island and beamed Internet to a small group of pilot testers The Nimmo family was the first to connect to balloon-powered Internet.
- 6. aerospace and communication technologies" to bring Internet access to areas plane that can remain in the air for months at a time, broadcasting Wi-Fi to regions below. solar-powered and would fly over suburban areas at an altitude of 20 kilometers, above where commercial airlines fly.
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