Re Google to Provide Cellphone Service to Storm-Ravaged Puerto Rico Using Balloons

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

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> From: Ellen Ullman <ullman () well com>
> Date: October 7, 2017 at 3:28:23 PM EDT
> To: dave <dave () farber net>
> Subject: Re: [IP] Google to Provide Cellphone Service to Storm-Ravaged Puerto Rico Using Balloons
> Reply-To: Ellen Ullman <ullman () well com>
>
> A reply for IP, if you wish.
>
> The Loon Balloons are a perfect example of billionaires "fixing" problems from on high, literally in this case, 
> without a hard look at what is happening on the real ground beneath them, where the solutions are daunting. The last 
> I looked, most of P.R. had no power. So unless Google and Tesla will help to restore electrical services to most of 
> the island, the people of Puerto Rico can watch the shiny balloons shifting with the wind currents in the sky above 
> them. But too bad if they need to charge their phones. 
>
> From: "DAVID J. FARBER" <farber () gmail com>
> To: "ip" <ip () listbox com>
> Sent: Saturday, October 7, 2017 10:53:04 AM
> Subject: [IP] Google to Provide Cellphone Service to Storm-Ravaged Puerto Rico Using Balloons
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> Begin forwarded message:
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> From: jonathan.spira () accuramediagroup com
> Date: October 7, 2017 at 12:56:16 PM EDT
> To: dfarber <dave () farber net>
> Subject: Google to Provide Cellphone Service to Storm-Ravaged Puerto Rico Using Balloons
>
> Dave
>
> Good use of the public airwaves:
>
> Google to Provide Cellphone Service to Storm-Ravaged Puerto Rico Using Balloons
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> http://accura.cc/2b8v8c
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> "Google’s parent company received permission on Friday to provide emergency mobile phone service to Puerto Rico using 
> solar-powered balloons...
> <SNIP>
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>
> Regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen/Szívélyes üdvözlet/Cordialement/Cordiali saluti/Saludos/Vänliga hälsningar 
>
> /s/ Jonathan
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