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A comment on Facebook's AI Points Internet Drones to Where the People Are.

Re:Facebook's AI Points Internet Drones to Where the People Are by ck2 on Monday February 22, 2016 @03:21PM (#11153968)
Why would you use drones instead of a one-time mesh network install that is solar+wind powered with long term lithium battery backup?

One of these could be powered for a month off a shoebox sized battery:

https://wiki.hackerspace.pl/projects:zsun-wifi-card-reader

Now mesh network them every few hundred feet.

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Re:Facebook's AI Points Internet Drones to Where the People Are by akhilcacharya on Monday February 22, 2016 @06:00PM (#11155066)
Speed and latency, probably. They also probably think 1 UAV will be more reliable and easy to service than 100+ base stations.
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