Googles parent company, Alphabet Inc., is letting the air out of an internet-beaming balloon company that was providing online access from the stratosphere.
(AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)SAN RAMON, Calif. โ Google's parent company is letting the air out of an internet-beaming balloon company that was providing online access from the stratosphere.
Loon's balloons had been working with telecom providers to provide internet access in Kenya and will continue to do that until March, according to Teller.
Because it has been working with other companies on that access, Loon expects little or no disruption to the Kenyan customers' internet access.
To help Kenya expand its internet access, Alphabet is will give $10 million to nonprofits and businesses aimed at advancing that cause.