On 13/03/2011, li...@lazygranch.com <li...@lazygranch.com> wrote: > 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.
Isn't this what is called CORRUPTION or is that just a way of life/business over there? Steve > 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 <jim77...@gmail.com> > Sender: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com > Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2011 12:34:29 > To: <mahlonhaunsch...@cox.net>; Discussion of precise time and frequency > measurement<time-nuts@febo.com> > Reply-To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement > <time-nuts@febo.com> > 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 -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > -- Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV & G8KVD The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once. - Einstein _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.