Worldwide access to Internet by end of 2016

By the end of 2016, even the most remote areas of the world could have cheap Internet access through the Project Loon initiative. 

 Google’s parent company Alphabet is preparing to launch its next trial of the internet balloons in Indonesia and hopes to create a “ring” of the floating hotspots above Earth before the year ends.
This ring will include around 300 balloons designed to create a “continuous string around the world” that can provide web access even if one balloon moves in the wind. Speaking to Leo Kelion at the BBC, Project Loon Vice President Mike Cassidy said, “We hope next year to build our first continuous ring around the world and to have some sort of continuous coverage for certain regions. And if all goes well after, then after that we will start rolling out our first beta commercial customers.”
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