Google wants to cover the entire globe with Project Loon internet in 2016

[Jared Peters]

Google’s Project Loon is an ambitious project to bring internet access to tons of different places in the world through floating balloons. It’s a weird concept, but it’s been growing rapidly and so far, it’s worked pretty well for Google.

The next step for Project Loon, according to Google, involves covering the entire globe with internet access in 2016. That’s a bold plan, but Google is working on creating a string of continuous balloons that will create widespread coverage with no gaps. Initially Project Loon will test continuous coverage in the southern hemisphere, and if that goes well, it will expand from there.

This global coverage is now possible thanks to significantly better technology in the balloons that Google is using to deploy internet coverage. The newer balloons can relay internet connections back and forth, with a range of up to 100 km. That allows internet operators to drastically increase their coverage range to get more and more people connected to the internet.

source: Project Loon (Google+)


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