The system was a lot different in 2001... Satellite, not high powered, widely distributed terrestrial component.
-John ============== > If you read the documents on lightsquared's own website, the formal > paperwork started in 2001. This is the worst start-up since Rambus. > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Albertson <[email protected]> > Sender: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 13 Oct 2011 15:29:52 > 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] Lightsquared's latest PR > > On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 3:04 PM, J. Forster <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Get the FCC to deny Lightsquared the spectrum for terrestrial use by >> getting the L^2 advocates out of the FCC. >> >> Talk the ears off any pol up for re-election next year, and if they are >> not really interested, talk to his opponent. Convince them that the GPS >> fiasco will make Solyndra look like pocket change. >> > > The five FCC commissioners are appointed and serve for five years. We > can guess that some are holdovers from the previous administration. Even > if > every elected person in Washington were to be replaced we would still have > the same FCC commissioners as they are replaced only when their terms > expire. > > > >> YMMV, >> >> -John >> >> =============== >> >> >> >> >> > Lightsquared wants GPS users to pay to fix their own problems! They >> are >> > trying to get part of the phone industry behind them with the prospect >> of >> > making more $$$ and to push the small group of "precision GPS users" >> to >> > pay >> > for their own fixes. >> > >> > >> > >> > "The GPS industry has long relied on equipment that relies on spectrum >> > which >> > bleeds into the spectrum that LightSquared plans to use for its >> network. >> > While the industry had been warned of its potential use, the GPS >> companies >> > opted not to change the design of their devices or shield them against >> > potential interference. >> > >> > Boulben said that the GPS industry's stance has steadily changed over >> the >> > past few months, from outright denial of LightSquared's right to exist >> to >> > refusing to pay for the new components. He added he believes that the >> GPS >> > companies will eventually change their minds and come to an agreement. >> > >> > >> > >> > Read more: >> > < >> http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-12261_7-20119551-10356022/lightsquareds-gps-fi >> > x-could-cost-industry-$400m/#ixzz1ah3RygUW> >> > >> http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-12261_7-20119551-10356022/lightsquareds-gps-fix >> > -could-cost-industry-$400m/#ixzz1ah3RygUW " >> > >> > >> > >> > I feel setup by this positioning and I'm sure most others on this list >> > will >> > also feel that way. How do we organize enough to exert some political >> > pressure? Notwithstanding the impact of obsolescing the GPS in my car >> (not >> > replacable) so they can make some money. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > Demian Martin >> > >> > Product Design Services >> > >> > 784 Cary Drive >> > >> > San Leandro, CA 94577 >> > >> > [email protected] >> > >> > 209 613 6990 >> > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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. >> > > > > -- > > Chris Albertson > Redondo Beach, California > _______________________________________________ > 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. > > _______________________________________________ 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.
