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LightSquared's Network Wrecks GPS, Says Gov. Study

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Why did the government sell it to lightquared?

Troll-Bait

Dec 10, 2011, 3:36 PM
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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Jellz

Dec 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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Jayshmay

Dec 10, 2011, 11:29 PM
Hmm, good point!
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crazieglued

Dec 11, 2011, 2:16 AM
🤣 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!

E
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dlmjr

Dec 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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