Thursday, April 7, 2011

Save Our GPS Campaign

"Guest Editorial by Joe Paiva
GPS has become a key component of the U.S. national infrastructure, the driver of a significant part of the civilian economies of the world, and the enabler of millions of professional precision uses and consumer benefits.The viability of the GPS signal is now threatened — ironically by what appears to be a misguided attempt to increase accessibility to broadband by creating a needless zero-sum result for customers who want both services.

The threat is real and immediate. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has issued a conditional waiver to LightSquared, a company engaged in developing 4G-LTE (long-term evolution) cellular networks for wholesale-only basis commerce with its business partners."

Read more at: http://www.gpsworld.com/gnss-system/act-now-protect-gps-signal-11113

See also: http://www.saveourgps.org/

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