Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Beaming Internet From Drones
Facebook is reportedly in talks to purchase a company called Titan
Aerospace, which makes solar-powered drones that can fly around without
needing to land for five years. These drones may be used as satellites
to project free Internet to developing nations from outer space. This is
part of their philosophy that everyone in the world should have free
access to the internet and all the communication services
that come with the world wide web. You may be wondering: Is it legal
for Facebook to just launch a bunch of flying machines over Africa and
have them chill there for five years? Sort of! Because these drones are
deemed satellites and they’re being launched to a height above the
official U.S. Class A airspace (about 60,000 feet), the country isn’t
able to regulate them. Obviously this law will be different in, say,
Africa (where Facebook reportedly aims to launch the program first).
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This is an interesting take on bringing communication services to more people. Then again Facebook might be wanting to get more data.
ReplyDeleteThe internet can be a good thing. More people will be able to connect through internet phones.
ReplyDeleteMore businesses should be using internet phones. it will save them a lot of money and make them look more professional.
ReplyDeleteThe internet phone services and cloud service will the business look bigger as well.
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