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The Heights Some People go to Avoid Telcos and Cable

Danny Burstein (dannyb@panix.com)
Wed, 19 Oct 2005 09:44:00 -0400

" A blisteringly fast data downlink provided by a stratospheric
balloon floating 24,000 metres above the Earth has been tested for the
first time.

" The untethered, 12,000-cubic-metre helium balloon was tested on 31
August for several hours. Analysis now shows the test was a success
and sent data to the ground at 1.25 gigabits per second. That is
thousands of times the capacity of a home broadband internet
connection and the first time such a link has been tested from the
stratosphere.....

[ snip ]

http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8177

( and... a url in the article gets you to some video:

http://www.capanina.org/documents/CAPANINA_testing_tracking_system.mpg

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