Corporations are people, except they get to spend unlimited secret money for or against politicians. Thus it is not what the government wants, but rather what the corporations demand.
The FCC has a history of ignoring good engineering. BPL and IBOC for example. Well I got one form email back from one of my senators regarding Lightsquared, and I sent it the day it was posted on this list. No reply from any of the other government officials I emailed. -----Original Message----- From: Jim Palfreyman <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2011 12:34:29 To: <[email protected]>; Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement<[email protected]> Reply-To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Coalition to Save GPS > (3) If they get their license rest assured that GPS as we know it will > disintegrate, along with every user of it (civilian and military). Rest > assured that a LOT of effort is being spent fighting this. > > Are you sure about this?? Imagine the day they power up their transmitters (I know it would be gradual, but stick with me), GPS stops working in a good portion of the continental USA. (40000 transmitters, 15000W each) There would be an outcry by the public with all those smartphones suddenly not working for location services. Not to mention cell phone towers who use GPS for timing (sure they can fix it - but are those phone companies going to be happy to spend the extra money?). And what about the military - they'll have something to say - after all it was they who wanted GPS to orginally to guide their missiles. So the outcry would be huge, the new transmitters are shut down so the GPS is restored - and then the lawsuits begin. I'm not in America, but are you telling me the government would prefer this new broadband service in exchange for GPS and (more importantly) everything that runs off it? Whatever happens, I'm going to sit back here and enjoy the show! Jim _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
