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> Its tennis-court-sized helium balloons have demonstrated utility. Over the last three years, Loon successfully let wireless carriers in Peru and Puerto Rico u

• dymk 7y ago
  > But executives at five other wireless carriers courted by Loon across four continents told Reuters that Loon is not a fit currently, and may never be.
  • hnzix 7y ago
    They've been tested in Oz to gather nav data[0]. It would also make sense to consider them for outback connectivity, where I've heard many people are still using satellite uplink (thanks to the corrupt nerfing of the NBN). [0] https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-03/balloons-floating-over-australia-part-of-radical-internet-plan/8584738 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-03/balloons-floating-ove...
• fred_is_fred 7y ago
  Demonstrated utility in special circumstances, but didn't realize revenue. Alphabet isn't a charity to my knowledge.