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Could Balloons Power Uncensored Internet In Cuba?

July 19, 2021 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

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Could Balloons Power Uncensored Internet In Cuba?This article published by the Associated Press is by Tali Arbel. Here is an excerpt:

Florida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, called this week on the administration of President Joe Biden to greenlight a plan to transmit the internet to people in Cuba via high-altitude balloons when their government has blocked access.

CAN INTERNET BE DELIVERED BY BALLOON?

Yes. For years, Alphabet — the parent company of Google — worked to perfect an internet-balloon division service called Loon. It shut down that project in January, saying it wasn’t commercially viable.

Prior to the shutdown, Loon balloons had been providing service in mountainous areas in Kenya through a partnership with a local telecom, Telkom Kenya. The service also helped provide wireless communications in Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, which destroyed the island’s mobile network. Loon partnered with AT&T to make service available.

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Filed Under: Democracy Culture Tagged With: Central America, Cuba, Internet and Democracy

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