May 25, 2019 at 10:32 pm
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“solar-powered, high-altitude drones – or giant balloons is best and the greenest way to get internet.
Cell towers are obsolete!
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Advances in solar-cell and battery technology have made those technologies more feasible. Last month, Japanese telecommunications giant SoftBank Corp said it would partner with California drone maker AeroVironment Inc to build a drone capable of flying to the stratosphere, hovering around an area for months and serving as a floating cell tower to beam Internet to users on Earth. Airbus and Boeing Co are also working on their own versions of high-flying, solar-powered drones.”