# Connecting All 7+ Billion People

![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/img.courses.warmersun.com/progressandpredictions/number-of-internet-users-by-country.png)

...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

#### discontinued🥀

![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/img.courses.warmersun.com/progressandpredictions/balloons.png)

[🔗 https://x.company/projects/loon/](https://x.company/projects/loon/)

### Solar-powered Drones

#### discontinued🥀

![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/img.courses.warmersun.com/progressandpredictions/solar_drone.png)

[🔗 https://engineering.fb.com/2016/07/21/connectivity/flying-aquila-early-lessons-from-the-first-full-scale-test-flight-and-the-path-ahead/](https://engineering.fb.com/2016/07/21/connectivity/flying-aquila-early-lessons-from-the-first-full-scale-test-flight-and-the-path-ahead/)

### Satellite 🏆

![](https://s3.amazonaws.com/img.courses.warmersun.com/progressandpredictions/satellitebroadband.png)

[🔗 https://www.starlink.com/](https://www.starlink.com/)