Whoa! Google to power Amazon's internet. Wait, oh, not that Amazon. The other one. The rainforest

Whoa! Google to power Amazon's internet. Wait, oh, not that Amazon. The other one. The rainforest

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https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/11/22/loon_mobile_internet_access/

Loon, an Alphabet-owned subsidiary, is collaborating with an internet service provider in Peru to set up wireless broadband internet over the Amazon rainforest using the Chocolate Factory's balloon fleet.

If everything goes to plan, people living in the remote jungles will hopefully have internet access next year using the system. Loon announced it had signed a deal with Internet Para Todos Perú (IpT), a rural mobile infrastructure operator owned by multiple companies, including Telefónica and Facebook, to set up the service.