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A comment on Loon’s final flight. Parent comment

Re:Loon’s final flight by miohtama on Saturday January 23, 2021 @10:30AM (#25882880)
Is there any way to use the created IP somewhere else? Make it open source and let the developing nations try themselves?
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Re:Loon’s final flight by jpm_sd on Saturday January 23, 2021 @12:33PM (#25884282)
There's no point. Cell towers work just fine.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-alphabet-loon/alphabet-sh...

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Rich DeVaul, a founder of the project who is no longer with Alphabet, said surging demand for mobile connectivity made towers cost-effective in more of the world than he had estimated a decade ago, diminishing the need for Loon. “The problem got solved faster than we thought,” he said in an interview.

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