Facebook is testing high-speed wireless internet service in California
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After testing drones designed to beam internet service to Sub-Saharan Africa, Facebook is setting its sights closer to home.
The social network announced on Wednesday that it's testing high-speed gigabit wireless internet service with the city of San Jose, California.
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The test is the first of its kind for Facebook, and the company said it intends to make the technology available to densely-populated cities with poor internet service in the future.
Facebook said it is planning more test flights in 2017 for Aquila, its internet-beaming drone that crashed during its first test flight last year.
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