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 Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2011 1:55 pm Post subject: FCC Comments regarding Lightsquared and GPS interference |
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I submitted one,Thanks for making it easier.
Tom Reading
N775TR
From: "Robert Brunkenhoefer" <robertbrunk(at)me.com>
To: rv10-list(at)matronics.com
Sent: Monday, July 18, 2011 4:55:39 PM
Subject: Re: RV10-List: FCC Comments regarding Lightsquared and GPS interference
--> RV10-List message posted by: Robert Brunkenhoefer <robertbrunk(at)me.com>
I submitted one.
Robert Brunkenhoefer
Sent from my Apple iPad
On Jul 18, 2011, at 8:57 AM, Dave Saylor <dave.saylor.aircrafters(at)gmail.com> wrote:
[quote] --> RV10-List message posted by: Dave Saylor <dave.saylor.aircrafters(at)gmail.com>
I just submitted a comment. It took about 5 minutes. Guys, we all
need to doing this. Pass it on, too.
Dave Saylor
AirCrafters
140 Aviation Way
Watsonville, CA 95076
831-722-9141 Shop
831-750-0284 Cell
On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 6:14 AM, Tim Olson <Tim(at)myrv10.com> wrote:
> --> RV10-List message posted by: Tim Olson <Tim(at)myrv10.com>
>
> The FCC has an open comment period now for this whole
> Lightsquared mess. Here's the link, and you enter 11-109
> in the proceeding number field.
>
> This is something that affects us all, in a huge way,
> so If you care anything about your navigation using
> GPS, just take the time to at least put in some small
> comment regarding the situation. Perhaps explain
> that GPS is of so great core importance that no
> broadband internet or any other service should be
> allowed to infringe even slightly on GPS coverage.
> Tim
> ======
>
>
> http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ecfs/upload/begin?procName=&filedFrom=X
>
>
> AEA: Defend GPS, Submit Comments Now
>
> The Aircraft Electronics Association (AEA) is urging -- and guiding -- GPS
> users to actively participate in defending GPS from the potential
> interference of proposed wireless broadband services. AEA's concern is a
> reaction to the efforts of a company called LightSquared, which is seeking
> to construct a nationwide infrastructure to support wireless broadband on
> radio frequencies adjacent to those used by GPS. Tests have shown that
> implementation of the system can cause interference with GPS and the FCC is
> seeking public feedback on those results. Toward that end, AEA has provided
> guidelines and advice for delivering your message to the FCC prior to the
> agency's looming deadline.
>
> To access the FCC's electronic Comments Filing System, click here. Find the
> box that says "Proceeding Number" and type 11-109. You'll then be required
> to enter identifying information into the form and add your comments. AEA
> encourages commenters to supply information on how they use GPS and what
> would happen if GPS became unavailable or unreliable. AEA suggests including
> comments that state LightSquared's operations and GPS are fundamentally
> incompatible and the FCC should order LightSquared out of the frequency
> currently being considered for use. AEA stipulates that wireless capacity is
> important, but says it should not come at the expense of GPS, "which is
> critical to our country's economy." While the issue is clearly important to
> pilots, it may be worth noting that GPS is an important, if not vital,
> resource for a wide range of users ranging far beyond pilots and the
> military, to drivers and life-saving activities. The deadline for comments
> is July 30.
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------
>
> GPS A Side Issue In High-Stakes Broadband Battle
>
> Although the FCC's rulemaking process is nowhere near finished on the
> LightSquared/GPS issue, LightSquared's multi-billion-dollar business plan
> appears to be unaffected by the nagging details of regulatory approval and
> the potential destruction of the GPS system. According to CNET, Sprint,
> Nextel and LightSquared are about to announce a blockbuster partnership that
> will allow Sprint to migrate its service to the Long Term Evolution (LTE)
> broadband service that LightSquared is offering and is apparently the next
> big thing in wireless. In exchange, LightSquared gets the use of the 40,000
> cell towers (remember those 40,000 towers?) that Sprint already owns for a
> rental fee of about $2 billion a year. What's significant for those who care
> about GPS in all of this is that the interference that's been clearly
> demonstrated is a side issue in high-stakes intrigue that may alter the
> broadband services landscape considerably.
>
> The broadband publications are abuzz with suggestions that hedge fund guru
> Philip Falcone's venture into the wireless business hasn't gone through
> normal channels and that the political impetus will make it hard to stop.
> According to Bloomberg Falcone was bragging about the deal to investors in
> his Harbinger Capital Partners fund that the deal was done on June 15. That
> was the date LightSquared was supposed to have submitted a report to the FCC
> regarding potential interference with GPS but instead asked for an
> extension. By early July, the report had been submitted and it was clear
> that interference was an issue but LightSquared answered in news releases
> that it would alter its plans to minimize GPS interference. Meanwhile, the
> FCC is taking comments on the LightSquared proposal.
>
> --
> Tim Olson - RV-10 N104CD
> do not archive
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