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		jeffbee 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Starlink direct-to-cell enabled for hurricane hele... I'm asking why the US doesn't own a blimp with a base station taped to the bottom.

toast0 10 months ago | [–]

Well, the US doesn't run any phone companies... a bettee question is why don't the telephone companies own or borrow a dirigible to provide emergency services. Hazards of dirigibles in huricane season might be part of it, of course.

mensetmanusman 10 months ago | | [–]

Hurricanes would blow it away

shrubble 10 months ago | [–]

That would require the government to be innovative.

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