http://gigaom.com/2005/04/30/blimps-and-broadband-politics/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:44:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://gigaom.com/2005/04/30/blimps-and-broadband-politics/#comment-102469 Thu, 14 Jul 2005 06:14:52 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/04/30/blimps-and-broadband-politics/#comment-102469 [...] Techdirt swats the “stratellites.” Press releases aside, they are full of crap. I have said that time and again…. that’s just gas! In Asides [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/2005/04/30/blimps-and-broadband-politics/#comment-102468 Mon, 02 May 2005 22:18:02 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/04/30/blimps-and-broadband-politics/#comment-102468 jesse, most of the trials at best have been modest successes. and i am being as generous as george steinbrenner. this is vapor ware and it will remain that in my mind. satellite broadband – fascination with birds should be restricted to the two-legged kind

]]> http://gigaom.com/2005/04/30/blimps-and-broadband-politics/#comment-102467 Mon, 02 May 2005 21:10:13 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/04/30/blimps-and-broadband-politics/#comment-102467 I don’t know if I would call this vaporware. It has been successfully demonstrated many times. That said, I don’t see it ever becoming a commercial reality for many years. This is certainly no worse an idea than the satellite ventures people continue to happily pour billions into.

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