A justified question is: Why did they not check to see whether there might already be some technology in use on the same frequencies, *before* throwing an obscene amount of money at it?
Mugarura Cavin <[email protected]> wrote: Light Squared is a company with a lot of promise Their business model is to provide wireless broad band Unfortunately, their technology interferes with GPS signals, ( and a few others) Now, this is a simple problem but tricky a) The GPS providers can upgrade their systems to avoid the interference b) The FCC can mandate that GPS providers meet new standards Option A is not viable, Option B is the most feasible, but it might take a few leap years Option c is for them to mimmick what Linux did, to achieve interoperability with Windows ( I dont mind if i got a few spelling errors, good enough the spell checker had no remedy) After burning $5 Billion, this company with so much promise is about to go down, and yet their breakthrough technology could help several African countries _____________________________________________ The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: [email protected] Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in any way.
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