FCC Commissioner: US Government Can Use High-Altitude Balloons to Provide Internet to Cubans

A high-altitude balloon takes off for Puerto Rico from a Project Loon site in Winnemucca, Nev., on Oct. 18, 2017. Project Loon via AP

The U.S. government can utilize high-altitude balloons to provide internet access to Cubans, a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) commissioner says.

“The advantage of a high-altitude balloon: a proven tech that would not require new infrastructure in Cuba,” Brendan Carr wrote on Twitter on July 17.