If you do not have any counter-arguments, just accept defeat and move on. As I said, it's not that important.
Cavin Mugarura <[email protected]> wrote: They are GPS providers period Maybe u can define a GPS provider Benjamin Tayehanpour <[email protected]> wrote: >Ah, yes, I missed that. Sorry. > >However, the companies you listed are GPS *vendors*, not providers. They >produce the GPS terminals, sure, but they do not provide the GPS service >itself, which is to say, the satellites and their maintenance. > >It may sound like I'm splitting hairs, but my point is you only pay once >for the GPS product, to the vendor. You do not then pay some provider a >monthly subscription fee as if it were a cell phone or similar. There are >map providers, where you pay regularly for updated maps, but there are no >"GPS providers". > >I'm sure it was just an ill-chosen word on your behalf. Just wanted to make >everything clear. Just as D-Link is not an internet service provider, >Belkin is not a GPS provider. >Den 20 feb 2012 00:19 skrev "Mugarura Cavin" <[email protected]>: > >> their technology interferes with GPS signals, >> ______________ >> >> If you read my first thread, this line was part of it >> >> and yes, they are GPS providers, Garmin, Cobra, Belkin,et al >> >> The Light squared technology interferes with the GPS systems, Again, >> as stated earlier, telkom is not my cup of coffee >> am more comfortable talking about Golf >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 6:12 PM, [email protected] >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > There are no GPS "providers". Well, okay, technically there is *one* >> > provider, but not in the same way cell phones work, for example. A GPS >> > device does not transmit; it merely receives timestamped beacon signals >> from >> > several satellites with known positions and calculates its position on >> the >> > surface based on the discrepancies in the time stamps (speed of radio >> waves >> > times amount of time passed since emission equals the distance to the >> > emitting source). The only GPS transmitters around are those in the >> > satellites. >> > >> > If the GPS system is interfering with LightSquared, changing a lot of >> > satellites will be expensive. I am, however, inclined to think that it is >> > the other way around, that the LightSquared system is interfering with >> GPS >> > devices. >> > >> > Just a random thought in the night. >> > >> > Mugarura Cavin <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> The FCC can tell the GPS providers to produce smart devices, that wont >> >> interfere, but who meets the cost for this upgrade, >> >> >> >> >> >> On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 4:17 PM, McTim <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > On 2/19/12, [email protected] <[email protected]> >> >> > wrote: >> >> >> If they are on adjacent frequencies, how could they be interfering >> with >> >> >> each >> >> >> other? Given that one keeps it civil with a small bandwidth, the two >> >> >> frequencies shouldn't overlap. >> >> > >> >> > FCC was sold a load of FUD >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> Do you have any links for further reading? I'm curious. >> >> > >> >> > Lauren weinstein has posted extensively on this issue on the Net >> >> > neutrality list, here are some links: >> >> > >> >> > FCC revokes LightSquared's approval for broadband system that >> >> > >> >> interferes with GPS >> >> > http://j.mp/wYXv53 (New York Times) >> >> > >> >> > LightSquared to FCC: "Screw GPS -- It's OUR Spectrum!" >> >> > http://j.mp/sbTKyI (ars technica) >> >> > >> >> > LightSquared claims GPS tests were "rigged" http://j.mp/AqqsyA (IT >> >> > World) >> >> > >> >> > -- >> >> > Cheers, >> >> > >> >> > McTim >> >> > "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A >> >> > route indicates how we get there." 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