LightSquared's Network Wrecks GPS, Says Gov. Study
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Why did the government sell it to lightquared?
If it was going to turn around and refuse them permission to use it?
It's also pretty cool that the government charges GPS manugacturers NOTHING to use the signal.
Something smells.
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JellzDec 10, 2011, 6:25 PM
I think the point is that they own the spectrum and it's authorized for them to use it for satellites, but not on Earth. They're trying to use it on Earth now. So that needs to be tested.
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🤣 It's a case of Bundy-ism... AKA the Griswold of National Lampoon's "Look a deer"! Same thing with the Google Chromebook vs the Asus Transformer prime... Look at this hand while the other does whatever... Same difference with Light Squared, Gps, and goverment allocated spectrum...
Cheers!
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dlmjrDec 15, 2011, 12:45 PM
Whole deal smells.
Take a look into the financials and when the FCC granted the modification of the rules to allow LS to use the spectrum for terrestrial communication.
The original spectrum deal did not include terrestrial communication devices.
It was modified lately and there is cause to question why and what happened to encourage the FCC to allow the rule modification.
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