Google’s sister-company Loon has announced its first commercial deal: partnering with Telkom Kenya to deliver connectivity to the region.
The firm’s antennae-dangling fleet will ride the wind high above parts of the African country.
Sometimes, crazy ideas do seem to work.
I remember facebook trying the same thing, and at least they were honest about not serving people a truly neutral internet experience.
I just wonder if that is not the same thing here.
“Mr Banks said Loon could be transformational for these areas, but he also warned that many people were concerned about building a reliance on commercial, foreign technology for something as critical as connectivity.”
my thoughts exactly.
Edited 2018-07-20 04:53 UTC
It wont be free, but Let’s be honest now. This is their future.
In the Us there is no such a thing as neutral internet from any wireless network providers? They actually spin it as a feature!
Tmobile
“On, we are setting video free. No overages. Ever!”, “unlimited video from their favorite streaming services like YouTube”
Att
“The regular plan (AT&T Unlimited & More) only offers SD video streams when on AT&T’s network, including when customers are viewing WatchTV.”
Verizon
“video streaming on smartphones (limited to 720p) and Full HD 1080p video streaming for tablets. There is no way to stream videos at 1080p or higher on phones — period.”
sprint
“The reason you are only able to stream at 480p may have to do with the type of plan you are on”
Touch screens, wireless communication, display screens, computers, death metal, Forks, Tv Remotes, Frozen Foods.
The “craziness” is just a measure of how close something is to culturally accepted ideas, rather than a neutral evaluation of the merits. “crazy” things are sometimes really dumb ideas too. So don’t get any ideas about your toaster/headphone combination. That sucks and would result in class action lawsuits.
Like decent food and water, Schools, healthcare before you start worrying about if people can ruin their lives with Facebook.
Internet can help greatly with education… (also health related)