[time-nuts] FCC Chair Talks Spectrum, Gets GPS Letter

[Magnus Danielson]

On 03/07/2012 07:22 PM, SAIDJACK at aol.com wrote:
> Sorry for my language, I was quite upset when I read his letter.
>
> If it really was trivial and very low cost to upgrade GPS receivers, then
> he should not worry too much about loosing much revenue. This sounds more
> like  he made major investments in either Lightsquared itself, or into
> designing and  qualifying compatible receivers, and hoping for a major payday which
> is not  coming.
>
> There should be other solutions for LS such as allocating to a  different sp
> ectrum etc to not lose "a $14 billon investment".
>
> Also his claims that GPS receivers will soon be obsolete anyway's are
> clearly not true of course.
>
> This reminds me about the futile episode of Edison electrocuting  Elephants
> to prove his DC power grid to be superior to AC...

I think it is interesting that he goes out to such length to alienate 
himself from the rest of the industry, but then he acts like a bad 
looser for loosing out on business he was speculating on getting money from.

Then again, if he would supply us all with full-capable receivers at the 
cost of L2, then maybe it would just be worth it.

Ah well. Should we stop kicking this dog, it is already lying there 
half-dead anyway.

Cheers,
Magnus