IP: Sky Station Int'l wireless T1

[David Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

> From technomads:


> >  The FCC just approved Sky Station International, a plan to provide
> >  T1-level service (1.5Mbps) to your laptop via giant "weather balloons."
>
> http://www.fcc.gov/Bureaus/International/Public_Notices/1996/pnin6060.txt
> http://www.fcc.gov/ib/wrc97/texts/iwg1-m3.txt
> http://www.fcc.gov/ib/wrc97/texts/iwg6-m5.txt
> http://www.fcc.gov/ib/wrc97/texts/iwg6-m3.txt
>
>   The stations themselves will be platforms held at a height of
>   approximately 100,000 feet by lighter-than-air craft and station-kept
>   by corona ion engines.
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