Anzio

join:2008-11-22

Innisfil, ON 1 recommendation Anzio Member No thanks Yeah... Like I would ever connect to a Google network. No thanks.



ArrayList

DevOps

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join:2005-03-19

Mullica Hill, NJ 1 recommendation ArrayList Premium Member Re: No thanks such an insightful post.



bmccoy

join:2013-03-18

Port Orchard, WA 2 recommendations bmccoy to Anzio

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Exactly, I'd much rather use Comcast than Google Fiber for internet. I like to support companies like Comcast who look out for everyone's privacy. /sarcasm

46436203 (banned)

join:2013-01-03 1 recommendation 46436203 (banned) to Anzio

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Thanks for letting us all know that you're swapping child porn or making bombs.



Because that is literally the only reason you should have to be concerned about your traffic potentially being snooped on.



They couldn't care less what legal fetish porn you watch or how much pirated traffic you push.



You are not a big fish and you are not special.

biochemistry

Premium Member

join:2003-05-09

92361 1 recommendation biochemistry Premium Member Re: No thanks All you need to do is get on the wrong person's bad side and see what shows up. Or say someone accuses you of something you didn't do and their lawyer points to all the legal yet frownded upon stuff you downloaded as evidence of your culpability.



Aoxxt

join:2010-12-13

Dearborn, MI Aoxxt to 46436203

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said by 46436203: Thanks for letting us all know that you're swapping child porn or making bombs.



Because that is literally the only reason you should have to be concerned about your traffic potentially being snooped on.



They couldn't care less what legal fetish porn you watch or how much pirated traffic you push.



You are not a big fish and you are not special. Nice troll post there mate.



Metatron2008

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join:2008-09-02

united state Metatron2008 to 46436203

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said by 46436203: Thanks for letting us all know that you're swapping child porn or making bombs.



Because that is literally the only reason you should have to be concerned about your traffic potentially being snooped on.



They couldn't care less what legal fetish porn you watch or how much pirated traffic you push.



You are not a big fish and you are not special. Cool, so you'll let us all se what you text people and open all the windows and doors of your home since you do nothing illegal right?

46436203 (banned)

join:2013-01-03 46436203 (banned) Member Re: No thanks Who said anything about you?



Get top secret NSA clearance and then we'll talk.

amungus

Premium Member

join:2004-11-26

America 1 recommendation amungus Premium Member is it just me? Or is this the silliest thing ever? I mean, come on. By the time you waste all the time and money on such a thing, you could've built nice fixed wireless towers that don't float away.



I just don't get the reasoning behind giving such a project any serious consideration.

ISurfTooMuch

join:2007-04-23

Tuscaloosa, AL 1 recommendation ISurfTooMuch Member Re: is it just me? Not here, no, but this could work in places like Africa, where you don't have the best infrastructure on the ground. It could also work in places where you have lots of water and want ships in the area to have access, such as the Mediterranean, the North Sea, etc.

iansltx

join:2007-02-19

Austin, TX ·Time Warner Cable

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Depending on where you are, fixed wireless is really hard to build...looking up presents fewer LOS issues than looking aside (e.g. to a cell or WISP tower). Plus, Google already tried the WISP thing. It's called Clearwire, and it wasn't all that great



chip89

Premium Member

join:2012-07-05

Columbia Station, OH 1 recommendation chip89 Premium Member Re: is it just me? No that was Sprint...

iansltx

join:2007-02-19

Austin, TX iansltx Member Re: is it just me? Google and Intel made significant investments in Clearwire. Not as much as Sprint did, but not chump change either.

ITGeeks

join:2014-04-20

Cleveland, OH ITGeeks Member Re: is it just me? And so did ever other MSO. But Google was one of the first to give up. The same company that claimed they'd change the way people buy their cell phones. And that never happened.

iansltx

join:2007-02-19

Austin, TX ·Time Warner Cable

iansltx Member Re: is it just me? Google's Nexus and Moto X pushes have helped companies like T-Mobile pull off no-subsidy phone pricing, actually. Maybe not in huge volume, but Google and T-Mobile have been working together since the G1 (if I recall, it was the first 3G smartphone on T-Mobile...or one of the first). Without Android, T-Mobile wouldn't be where it is today.



tshirt

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join:2004-07-11

Snohomish, WA tshirt to amungus

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It might work well if there were 1000s of ballons slowly rotating around the world, with each area using whichever one happened to be overhead at the time.

However given the size of the oceanic garbage patch(es) and the current level of plastic bits EVERYWHERE in our environment, continuously launching thousands of giant plastic condoms every month seems like a really terrible idea, as long as ANY other solution is possible.



ArrayList

DevOps

Premium Member

join:2005-03-19

Mullica Hill, NJ ArrayList Premium Member Re: is it just me? there are many materials like that that are biodegradable.



tshirt

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join:2004-07-11

Snohomish, WA tshirt Premium Member Re: is it just me? Yup, including a new shrimpshell-silk "plastic" for the envelope but the electronics, batteries and "steering" gear are probably not so green.

come on, Google solve the simple material science question BEFORE building an untenable/non-sustainable solution.



fiosultimate

join:2014-06-09

San Antonio, TX fiosultimate Member Re: is it just me? What and Google miss out on the free publicity? U must be joking

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Publicity, just like google fiber, another project with no future, all publicity is good especially free publicity like skittles consumption went up after trevon martin

tabernak4

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»Google Nabs Drone Maker Facebook Sought to Buy [7] comments

"The Solara 50 and 60 models can be launched at night using power from internal battery packs, then when the sun rises, they can store enough energy to ascend to 20KM above sea level where they can remain for five years without needing to land or refuel. Such capabilities make them ideal for regional Internet systems, like those that Internet.org would be focused on."



If there's any truth those claims, it's not a stretch to see it as being a viable system if the costs can be made reasonable. Even if it's pricey, you could easily see scenarios where a system such as that could be use to provide temporary infrastructure in disaster areas. Well, they recently purchased a drone company that could be used in conjunction with these technologies."The Solara 50 and 60 models can be launched at night using power from internal battery packs, then when the sun rises, they can store enough energy to ascend to 20KM above sea level where they can remain for five years without needing to land or refuel. Such capabilities make them ideal for regional Internet systems, like those that Internet.org would be focused on."If there's any truth those claims, it's not a stretch to see it as being a viable system if the costs can be made reasonable. Even if it's pricey, you could easily see scenarios where a system such as that could be use to provide temporary infrastructure in disaster areas.



why60loss

Premium Member

join:2012-09-20 why60loss Premium Member And this is faster than what I had last year So google can more or less give away speeds better than what I got at Time warner cable last year. Oh how sad that is.



At lest now I am a happy Comcast customer with 36/6 for $30 a month. Far better than the 5/1 for the same amount from the other cable business called TWC. (Real world speeds, never seem to get what I pay for but oh well guess that's just cable. LOL)

rradina

join:2000-08-08

Chesterfield, MO 920.3 39.3

·Charter

rradina Member The Mention Using LTE... Although 5Mbps is fantastic for somewhere that has never had connectivity, it seems rather slow unless each balloon only plans to serve a very small number of clients. Is this because they are using a very small portion of spectrum? Is it because LTE isn't optimized for ranging clients at the distances involved? (If it's 12 miles in the air and the client is 30 miles from the balloon's ground position, that would be roughly 33 miles between the client and the balloon.)

ptb42

join:2002-09-30

USA ptb42 Member Hot air balloons? I don't know what is more absurd: that someone would think hot air balloons would actually work in this context, or repeatedly posting it even after the error has been pointed out.



tshirt

Premium Member

join:2004-07-11

Snohomish, WA 1 recommendation tshirt Premium Member Re: Hot air balloons? , (additional comment better left to your imagination). But Karl has lots of hot air, (additional comment better left to your imagination).

HeadSpinning

MNSi Internet

join:2005-05-29

Windsor, ON HeadSpinning to ptb42

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said by ptb42: I don't know what is more absurd: that someone would think hot air balloons would actually work in this context, or repeatedly posting it even after the error has been pointed out. I think he does it on purpose now... every time there's a Google Loon article, I always check to see if Karl says "hot air balloon" then wait for the inevitable comment...



AVD

Respice, Adspice, Prospice

Premium Member

join:2003-02-06

Onion, NJ 1 recommendation AVD Premium Member 10 times 10 times zero is still zero



tito79

join:2010-03-14

Thornwood, NY tito79 Member Re: 10 times I'm in for it trust me if ever we get a huge hurricane one day I'm sure google loon will save us.

ITGeeks

join:2014-04-20

Cleveland, OH ITGeeks Member Re: 10 times Just like they saved us from every other one?