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A comment on Ask HN: How Belarus can keep connected despite internet blackout?.

Re:Ask HN: How Belarus can keep connected despite internet b... by Moonshot787 on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @05:15AM (#24129969)
Loon flight systems create a network in the stratosphere similar to terrestrial based cell towers. The difference is on the ground, cell towers are fixed and transmit their signals to moving cell phones. With Loon’s solution, both the cell towers and the people are moving... More here: https://loon.com
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Re:Ask HN: How Belarus can keep connected despite internet b... by gnarea on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @05:51AM (#24130161)
But Loon requires the authorisation of the local government.
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