The Week in Internet News: Balloon-Based Internet Comes to the Amazon

Internet from the skies: Loon, Google’s sister company, is teaming up with Internet provider Telefonica to provide Internet access to remote areas of the Amazon rainforest in Peru, TechCrunch reports. Loon, the high-altitude balloon company, plans to have the service available in 2020. The area of Peru targeted by the service has about 200,000 residents. […]

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