Njengoko uyazi, Facebook yenye yezo nkampani namhlanje zineprojekthi eqhubayo apho basebenzela ekuphuhliseni eyona ndlela ilungileyo kuye nabani na, naphina apho banokufumana khona, ukufikelela kwi-intanethi. Le projekthi yaziwa njenge Iziseko eziSimahla nguFacebook kwaye iinjongo vumela ukufikelela simahla kwi-intanethi kubo bonke abantu emhlabeni, nkqu nakwabo bakwiindawo ezikude ekunzima ukufikelela kuzo.
Ngenxa yoku, endaweni yokukhetha ezinye iintlobo zeembono ezinje ngokusebenzisa iibhaluni zemozulu, iinjineli zikaFacebook ziye zaphuhlisa idrone ekhethekileyo abaye bayibhaptiza Akwila, esele inohambo lokuqala lokulinga ngexesha lenyanga kaJulayi 2016 kwaye kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo ikwazile ukwenza ngempumelelo uvavanyo lwenqwelomoya lwesibini kwintlango yaseArizona, eUnited States.
I-Facebook iyaqhubeka nokwenza inkqubela phambili kancinci kwi-drone yayo eya kuthi ibonelele ngayo ngokufikelela simahla kwi-intanethi kwihlabathi liphela
Kolu vavanyo lwesibini lwenqwelomoya kwaye ngokuchaseneyo nokwenzekileyo okokuqala, i-drone yelanga ye-Facebook yakwazi ukuhlala emhlabeni ngaphandle kobunzima emva kokwenza inqwelomoya. iyure enye nemizuzu eli-46 ubude kubude be 914 mitha. Ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo ukuphuculwa okufanelekileyo xa kuthelekiswa nenqwelomoya yokuqala yovavanyo, nangona kusekude kulindelo abanalo kuFacebook malunga nale projekthi apho balindele ukuba ifike kubude obuphakathi kwe-1.800 kunye ne-3.000 yeemitha.
Ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo iprojekthi enokuthi ibe negalelo lezinto ezinomdla omkhulu kwihlabathi jikelele njengokufikelela kulwazi olukhululekileyo. Kwelinye icala, njengoko sele kuphawuliwe, le nkqubo yenethiwekhi yasimahla kuye wonke umntu inokuba necala layo elimnyama kwaye ayisiyonto ngaphandle kokuvumela ukufikelela kumaphepha afunwa bobabini nguFacebook kunye nabalingane bawo abasebenzisanayo ukuba unganakho ukufikelela simahla kwi-intanethi kodwa yinxalenye nje encinci yalo.