Indeed. If you look at the advances in technology, HFT industry is one of very few that can afford to engage in long-payoff expensive projects. For example, thi

Indeed. If you look at the advances in technology, HFT industry is one of very few that can afford to engage in long-payoff expensive projects. For example, things that we've worked on (balloons) are similar to what military has been trying to do for 20+ years, and what Google is doing with Project Loon. see our PR: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/innovator-windy-apple-announces-transatlantic-plans-and-offers-promotional-pricing-for-new-york-to-chicago-microwave-network-276622811.html http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/innovator-windy-appl... Anything related to wireless modulation/demodulation also has implications for 5G networks and satellite broadcasting (most of 'delay' of satellite video signal actually is from encoding/decoding buffering, and is reducible).