Satellites beat balloons in race for flying internet
Last week, Google .css-hiczm3-InlineLink:link{color:#3F3F42;}.css-hiczm3-InlineLink:visited{color:#696969;}.css-hiczm3-InlineLink:link,.css-hiczm3-InlineLink:visited{font-weight:700;border-bottom:1px solid #BABABA;-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;}@supports (text-underline-offset:0.25em){.css-hiczm3-InlineLink:link,.css-hiczm3-InlineLink:visited{border-bottom:none;-webkit-text-decoration:underline #BABABA;text-decoration:underline #BABABA;-webkit-text-decoration-thickness:1px;text-decoration-thickness:1px;-webkit-text-decoration-skip-ink:none;text-decoration-skip-ink:none;text-underline-offset:0.25em;}}.css-hiczm3-InlineLink:link:hover,.css-hiczm3-InlineLink:visited:hover,.css-hiczm3-InlineLink:link:focus,.css-hiczm3-InlineLink:visited:focus{border-bottom-color:currentcolor;border-bottom-width:2px;-webkit-text-decoration-color:currentcolor;text-decoration-color:currentcolor;-webkit-text-decoration-thickness:2px;text-decoration-thickness:2px;color:#B80000;}scrapped its Loon company, set up nine years ago to beam the internet down to rural areas via a network of large balloons but unable to “build a long-term, sustainable business”.