Old Tech Solution to Cellular Coverage Problems: Weather Balloons
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Michael Santo of RealTechNews writes:
Let’s say you have a state with low population density, but you still want complete coverage for the whole state. That can be an expensive proposition, and not all that cost-effective, to build up cell towers across the state. Extend America Inc., a wireless telecommunications company is looking to solve that problem by using weather balloons instead. According to CEO Ed Schafer (former governor of North Dakota, where a test is to take place), “To cover every square mile of North Dakota, it would take 1,100 cell towers. We can do the whole state with three balloons.”
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