@ Jean Interesting stuff. Please keep this thread updated with info on that initiative.
On Fri, Oct 6, 2017 at 9:55 PM, Jean-Francois Mezei < jfmezei_na...@vaxination.ca> wrote: > I have not ound the official announcements, but the press is reporting > that the FCC has granted Google rights to fly 30 of its "Loon" high > altitude ballons to provide cellular cervice in Puerto Rico for up to 6 > months. > > (From my readings, there are glorified relays of ground based signals > (which I assume some antennas have to be oriented to face up towards the > balloons). > > The Loon will use spectrum allocated to the carriers they relay (and got > their OK) > > Altitude 20km. (so not sure they need 30 balloons, 1 probably suffices > to cover all of PR). > > I suspect more concrete info will be coming. >