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Small, cheap alternative to cell towers: balloons from Extend America in Bismark, ND

Ed Schafer, CEO of Extend America http://www.extendamerica.com/ and former North Dakota governor, is pushing a plan to attach wireless repeaters to balloons instead of building more cell towers.

Why put up costly cellphone towers in thinly populated areas, when a few balloons would do?

In North Dakota, former Gov. Ed Schafer is backing a plan to loft wireless network repeaters on balloons high above the state to fill gaps in cellular coverage.

"I know it sounds crazy," said Schafer, who heads Extend America, a wireless telecommunications company. "But it works in the lab."

By JAMES MacPHERSON

The Associated Press

Full Story: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2002772737_cellballoons31.html

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