Google Blimps To Bring Wi-Fi To Emerging Countries

American Voices • Opinion • ISSUE 49•22 • May 28, 2013

Google is reportedly seeking to build a network of high-altitude blimps to transmit wireless internet signals across sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia, with each blimp capable of offering Wi-Fi access over several hundred square miles of land. What do you think?

“Can we just have blimps without the gimmick?”
Ricardo Pentangelo –
Ticket Taker
“I wonder if the current infrastructure can even support that many noobs.”
Loretta Trim –
Snap Attacher
“Nice PR stunt. Maybe I’ll try their search engine sometime.”
Rodney Cornell –
Cigarette Tester

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