Google plans to use a series of high - altitude balloons to deliver low - cost Internet . Project also will give access to remote and under served places around India . Believe it or not , in this networked age , some five billion people are not connected to the Internet , according to Google . The balloons strategically rely on stratospheric winds , controlled by algorithms . Google : Google can play critical role during a natural disaster or humanitarian crisis .
Google plans to use a series of high - altitude balloons to deliver low - cost Internet . Project also will give access to remote and under served places around India . The balloons strategically rely on stratospheric winds , controlled by algorithms . Google : Google can play critical role during a natural disaster or humanitarian crisis .