LightSquared Throws Ultimatum at FCC
Amazing
LS was not licensed to utilize the spectrum as they now desire decades ago.
The 'relaxation' of the rule by the FCC came just a little while ago and it was conditional upon no interference and there are allegations of money influence and the FCC will not release any of their communications with LS.
Big money is being thrown about.
It will be interesting to see if those interests will pollute this.
Will the influence be large enough to allow LS to proceed?
Are we prepared to take the chance that it will cause problems with our military or commercial and private aviation?
The 'relaxation' of the rule by the FCC came just a little while ago and it was conditional upon no interference and there are allegations of money influence and the FCC will not release any of their communications with LS.
Big money is being thrown about.
It will be interesting to see if those interests will pollute this.
Will the influence be large enough to allow LS to proceed?
Are we prepared to take the chance that it will cause problems with our military or commercial and private aviation?
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I for one don't have enough information to figure out which side is telling the truth. I just hope that the FCC & DOJ do their jobs correctly, figure out who is actually right, and let the prevailing party proceed while the losing party cleans up its act.
Let justice prevail, not politics, monetary influence or media storms.
Let justice prevail, not politics, monetary influence or media storms.
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My limited knowledge on the subject pushes me to LightSquared's side. I do know for fact that GPS makers had no right to use the spectrum in question and logic dictates that there would be no interference if they weren't lazy in the manufacturing process.
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acdc1a said:
My limited knowledge on the subject pushes me to LightSquared's side. I do know for fact that GPS makers had no right to use the spectrum in question and logic dictates that there would be no interference if they weren't lazy in the manufacturing process.
The original license for LS and it's predecessor did not allow it to use the spectrum for terrestrial communication.
That portion of the spectrum has been historically protected because of national defence and transportation.
The Air Force operates the GPS satellites and the FCC had reserved that portion of the spectrum and adjacent ones for GPS purposes and or Emergency notification services.
Then, recently, the FCC decided to relax ...
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Well said.
Authorization for use was dependent on it not interfering with GPS. It is. Safety of the modern aviation industry and the millions of lives at stake is paramount to one company's yearning for profit.
Authorization for use was dependent on it not interfering with GPS. It is. Safety of the modern aviation industry and the millions of lives at stake is paramount to one company's yearning for profit.
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I'm not knowledgeable in this area hut, just from the posts I've read, I'm inclined to think that despite the FCC's decision to relax things, Light Squared will end up having to deal with this on their own. It would ultimately cost the makers of GPS systems and those industries that use them too much money to update their equipment to prevent interference. It just seems easier to deny Light Squared.
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Vmac39 said:
I'm not knowledgeable in this area hut, just from the posts I've read, I'm inclined to think that despite the FCC's decision to relax things, Light Squared will end up having to deal with this on their own. It would ultimately cost the makers of GPS systems and those industries that use them too much money to update their equipment to prevent interference. It just seems easier to deny Light Squared.
The relaxation was predicated upon NO interference. Plain and simple.
LS is now doing a crab walk.
It's not just the TomTom's 'n Garmins, the people they keep pointing their finger at.
Nobody is going to crash their car cause their gps got scrambled for a few minutes.
The real and actual...
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I'm amazed at how many people signed deals and threw money at them anticipating this to go through..LS will need to throw a pity party with At&t soon
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Yes, I understand. Sorry if my statement was unclear but, I was talking about military and aviation. It's not about how long it would take the military to refit new equipment rather, are they willing to spend the money to do so, to allow LS to continue using the spectrum they were allowed to use by the FCC? I see it as a bit of a blunder on part of the FCC and they just might have to reverse their decision. Or, LS will have to foot some of the bill for refitting costs.
I just don't see the government getting up of that kind of money alone.
I just don't see the government getting up of that kind of money alone.
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Vmac39 said:
... to allow LS to continue using the spectrum they were allowed to use by the FCC?
Once again, the original agreement did not allow terrestrial comminications.
Someone pressured the FCC, to CONDITIONALLY relax the rule.
The conditions have not been met.
The CONDITION WAS.... NO INTERFERENCE....
Under the relaxation of the rule, it is incumbent on LS to prove ZERO interfernce.
LS is free to use the spectrum under the the original agreement.
Sprint and the LS investors made a grevious error.
It isn't up to the FCC or the GPS community to bail them out.
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