Your Web News in One Place

Help Webnuz

Referal links:

Sign up for GreenGeeks web hosting
February 21, 2012 08:42 am EDT

Google looks to plant a field of satellite dishes in Iowa

Google seeks to build antenna farm in IowaIowa. Fertile home to 14 million acres of corn, nine million acres of soybeans, and -- if the FCC looks favorably on a recent application from Farmer Google -- a blooming array of 15-foot satellite dishes too. The request for a "receive only earth station" comes from Google Fiber, and the bands it hopes to receive are typical satellite TV frequencies, hinting that the purpose of the station will be to receive audio and video content that will then be piped through a high-speed fiber data service. First stop, Kansas City!

Google looks to plant a field of satellite dishes in Iowa originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 21 Feb 2012 03:42:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | sourceDataCenterKnowledge ||Comments

Original Link: http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/21/google-looks-to-plant-a-field-of-satellite-dishes-in-iowa/

Share this article:    Share on Facebook
View Full Article

Engadget

Engadget is a web magazine with obsessive daily coverage of everything new in gadgets and consumer electronics. Engadget was launched in March of 2004 in partnership with the Weblogs, Inc. Network (WI

More About this Source Visit Engadget