Read more Space Data Corp. stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/23509/space-data-corp.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorThu, 24 May 2012 20:41:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/19547/wireless-tech-leaps-forward-on-balloons.htmlKevin Spak<img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=76050&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401021555' border='0' />A decidedly whimsical business model could bring wireless Internet and cell service to wide swaths of rural America, slinging signals from balloons drifting toward the edge of space. Don’t scoff—the system is already providing services for truckers and oil companies, courtesy of Space Data Corp., and Google is so...Jerry Knoblach plans to bring wireless internet to millions of rural Americans by beaming it down from balloons hovering at the edge of space.http://www.newser.com/story/19547/wireless-tech-leaps-forward-on-balloons.htmlWed, 20 Feb 2008 11:22:00 CST