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LightSquared blames their failure to deliver wireless service on GPS industry

article published on 28 September, 2011

Embattled would be wireless provider LightSquared has published an open letter blaming the GPS industry for his company's problems rolling out a nationwide LTE (4G) wireless network in the US. LightSquared has become a subject of debate among US legislators over their plan to use frequencies normally reserved for satellite communication for mobile phone service. Although they have received ... [ read the full article ]

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KillerBug

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28. September 2011 @ 21:55

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Will someone please give this guy a useful spectrum so he will shut up? ;)

He should be blaming the FCC...they never should have approved of changing the rules for the spectrums in question, and lightspeed wouldn't have wasted billions.

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Spockie_Capone

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11. October 2011 @ 17:52

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This is a ridiculous article ... GPS is looking into frequencies that are neighbouring their spectrum ... power is not the issue. I find it ridiculous that 1) a company that is promising to invest 20B in todays economy is being given so much trouble 2) a Russian company has found a solution to this mess when the GPS industry said it was impossible 3) the wireless industry in the US is so far behind others in the world yet we call ourselves leaders - the problem we are missing competition which LightSquared brings to the table and lastly 4) we have ignorant and mis-informed noise likely generated by Verizon and others trying hard to make sure the American consumer is screwed while they charge outrageous rates in the current Duopoly

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phobet

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23. February 2012 @ 21:26

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Originally posted by KillerBug:
Will someone please give this guy a useful spectrum so he will shut up? ;)

He should be blaming the FCC...they never should have approved of changing the rules for the spectrums in question, and lightspeed wouldn't have wasted billions.

I think the issue here is that Lightspeed did not look around when they acquired their spectrum. It's like moving into a new neighborhood, without doing research on the neighborhood itself. They have no one to blame but themselves. It would seem that their attitude is that since they're bringing wireless service into certain areas, that the government would support their efforts. Should the government have problems with their GPS, then of course they will fix it. Everyone else? They're not being considered, so basically they can go pound sand. One can almost sense that Lightspeed would greatly appreciate it if those affected would just upgrade their GPS receivers, and in a "smack to the face" kinda way, indirectly subsidize the business model that Lightspeed obviously failed to fully do research on.

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