Agreed. My impression has been that the FCC has always been very
conservative with regards to interference concerns. It's hard to
imagine that the FCC can get away for very long with disregarding all of
these powerful agencies.
Chuck Norcutt
On 2/8/2011 12:37 AM, Chris Barker wrote:
> Thanks, Chuck. I looked up LightSquared on Wikipedia,
>
> "Several federal agencies including Homeland Security are concerned
> that LightSquared's satellite-terrestrial LTE network will interfere
> with government communications services, GPS, and aeronautical
> emergency communications systems and receivers used by federal
> agencies. In a Jan. 12 letter to the FCC, NTIA chief Lawrence
> Strickling said that LightSquared's hybrid mobile broadband services
> raise "significant interference concerns." It looks to my suspicious
> mind that there is something too close between LightSquared and the
> FCC for the latter to have granted the waiver in the face of
> objections from other large bodies.
>
> Chris On 8 Feb 2011, at 00:53, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>
>> From Lightsquared's home page (scroll down near the
>> bottom)<http://www.lightsquared.com/>
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------- WHAT
>> THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC) IS SAYING
>>
>> "I was pleased to learn of the formation of LightSquared today.
>> This new nationwide 4G wireless broadband network represents more
>> than $7 billion of new investment, with the potential to create
>> more than 100,000 new private-sector jobs within five years.
>> Today’s announcement shows that FCC policies are helping grow the
>> U.S. economy by catalyzing investment and job creation."
>
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