Question

A project to provide this service made use of the Autolauncher “Chicken Little” in Puerto Rico and could develop new components in a half hour. The Equiano and 2Africa projects aim to expand access to this service across Africa. Project Taara made a 2021 demonstration of this service between Kinshasa and Brazzaville. A failed attempt by the Loon company would have provided this service to remote areas of Africa using (*) balloons. It's not cell service, (10[1])but Huawei is the largest provider of this service in sub-Saharan Africa. (-5[1])In February 2023, Elon Musk ordered SpaceX to prevent Ukraine’s military using this service by cutting off access to the satellite-based Starlink. For 10 points, Google and Meta have used fiber optic cables to provide what service? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: internet service [accept fiber optics; accept web service; prompt on wifi with “what service does that support?”; prompt on satellites with “for what purpose?”]
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
MarkBroken Imperial NomadsMagisters Ludi7410
BenBuzzers KaramazovOxford Hornets86-5
JacobOxford HornetsBuzzers Karamazov12410

Summary

2023 BHSU @ Berkeley03/18/2023Y3100%67%33%76.33
2023 BHSU Online04/15/2023Y4100%0%50%109.50
2023 BHSU @ Sheffield04/15/2023Y2100%0%50%99.00