Comment on Google’s Balloon Internet Experiment, One Year LaterparentComments−teraflop12yThe balloons only have so much buoyancy, and 60,000 feet of cable would end up being pretty heavy. Not to mention that the cables would be a hazard to aircraft navigation.−juice1312yAnd people could steal the equipment by pulling the baloon down.−computer12yYou could always make the cable out of balloons. But I guess that would be rather expensive.
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The balloons only have so much buoyancy, and 60,000 feet of cable would end up being pretty heavy. Not to mention that the cables would be a hazard to aircraft navigation.
And people could steal the equipment by pulling the baloon down.
You could always make the cable out of balloons. But I guess that would be rather expensive.