An Internet-on-Airplanes Upgrade [telecom]

By Mitchell Lazarus, CommLawBlog, April 21, 2014

FCC gives co-primary status to "Earth Stations Aboard Aircraft" uplinks. > > The FCC has given in-flight Internet an upgrade. > > Late in 2012, the FCC authorized use of earth stations installed > on aircraft to communicate with Fixed-Satellite Service (FSS) > spacecraft in geostationary orbits. Called "Earth Stations Aboard > Aircraft" (ESAA), the service delivers wholesale Internet service > to the airplane, where it gets parceled out to individual > passengers via Wi-Fi > > Uplinks from the aircraft use the 14.0-14.5 GHz band, shared with > (among others) the small VSAT terminals we often see on the roofs > of gas stations and chain hotels. The FCC tentatively assigned > ESAA secondary status, meaning that ESAA would have to > (a) protect the VSATs and other primary users from interference, > and (b) accept any interference from them. But the FCC stopped > short of etching that decision in stone: a Notice of Proposed > Rulemaking attached to the order asked whether the FCC should > elevate ESAA to co-primary status.

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