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DainBramaged

(39,191 posts) Mon May 14, 2012, 03:43 PM May 2012

and the primary reason is:

But efforts to build a national network stalled as federal regulators argued the network would interfere with Global Positioning System signals.

I wonder whose pocket those guys are in?

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304192704577404341177350280.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

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Lightsquared is dead (these are the guys who wanted to build a low-priced fiber network) [View all] DainBramaged May 2012 OP

This has been discussed for months. The only GPS systems effected Egalitarian Thug May 2012 #3

Educate yourself Indydem May 2012 #4

+1 TroglodyteScholar May 2012 #14

Take your own advice. Egalitarian Thug May 2012 #16

Fiber? Try poorly designed wireless network, Indydem May 2012 #2

Maybe you should go way back on my journal or search the DU archives DainBramaged May 2012 #7

Hold the phone there... Llewlladdwr May 2012 #8

When Grassley defends something,run like hell. Wellstone ruled May 2012 #5

So, do I have this right? naaman fletcher May 2012 #9

The Lightsquared spectrum was allocated to satellite downlinks FarCenter May 2012 #10

gotcha. nt naaman fletcher May 2012 #12

NAILED it! TroglodyteScholar May 2012 #15

Lightsquared used a loophole in the regulations bananas May 2012 #11