New U.S. wireless network a hazard for GPS
http://j.mp/gejwnT (AP / The Star) "A new, ultra-fast wireless Internet network is threatening to overpower GPS signals across the U.S. and interfere with everything from airplanes to police cars to consumer navigation devices." - - - We've talked about this issue before. I'm not in a position right now to make a technical analysis of the actual real-world interference potential. But two things I know for *sure* about these arguments: 1) Cellphone GPS is absolutely as important as standalone GPS -- arguably for average consumers even more important given current usage trends. 2) Any proposed "interference solution" that depends on retrofitting existing devices in the field that use GPS is ... utterly unworkable bull! --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Google Buzz: http://j.mp/laurenbuzz Quora: http://www.quora.com/Lauren-Weinstein Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com _______________________________________________ pfir mailing list http://lists.pfir.org/mailman/listinfo/pfir
