Re: [SOCALWUG] Broadband Blimps, 802.11 included!

[charlie]

interesting , i wonder what they mean by payload though, mini starwars :) ?   its not a blimp, since its rigid.   This was posted at slashdot.org yesterday http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/07/06/1558259&mode=thread&tid=137&tid=193 "SansWire Networks will demonstrate their "Stratellite" technology next week. For those of you who aren't familiar with SansWire, they plan to build a wireless network with balloons or "airships" as they call them. "A Stratellite� is a high-altitude airship that when in place in the stratosphere will provide a stationary platform for transmitting various types of wireless communications services currently transmitted from cell towers and satellites. It is not a balloon or a blimp. It is a high-altitude airship." Looks like a blimp to me..."