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Connecting All 7+ Billion People

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...in other words, we are still not there yet, not everyone has access to the Internet.

For more great charts check out https://ourworldindata.org/how-many-internet-users-does-each-country-have

So there is this idea to connect al 7+ billion humans and bring them broadband.

How? Here are some ideas that have been tried

Balloons

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๐Ÿ”— https://x.company/projects/loon/

Solar-powered Drones

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๐Ÿ”— https://engineering.fb.com/2016/07/21/connectivity/flying-aquila-early-lessons-from-the-first-full-scale-test-flight-and-the-path-ahead/

Satellite ๐Ÿ†

๐Ÿ”— https://www.starlink.com/