Sufficiently Philanga....thropic wrote:
Could someone explain how the google loon internet works. Are they an ISP or they just convert the remote areas to 4G coverage and one can access this 4G from their network eg Scom, Airtel hence higher speeds in these remote areas?
From my understanding Google loon is not an ISP. The baloons create an aerial wireless network. You are right they create 4G coverage in a remote area where there is no infrastructure.
The signal travels from baloon to baloon in the network then to a ground base station which is connected to the ISP in this case Telkom, Airtel, SCOM etc.
To access the internet you just need a 4G enabled device to tap in to the loon wireless network.
So in short the telcom companies are the ISPs that connect to the global network while the network of baloons fitted with antennas provides the wireless 4G coverage.
Google loon allows telecom companies to expand their coverage without having to spend a lot of money in building cell towers or laying optical cables to bring internet to remote areas.