Lightsquared being called to account [telecom]

This is from the Washington Post website:

By Cecilia Kang Published: September 29

The Federal Communications Commission's initial approval of a troubled satellite venture came under fresh criticism Thursday as a key Republican lawmaker questioned whether the agency's actions could lead to billions of dollars in costs for taxpayers.

A U.S. Senator is asking hard questions about the costs of retrofitting GPS receivers to allow LightSquared to establish cellular channel adjacent to those used for the Global Positoining System. Although LightSquared is offering to pay for retrofitting the GPS receivers used by government agencies such as the FAA, there is no mention of how the company plans to compensate end users such as I for having to buy another GPS receiver.

AFAICT, LightSquared is hoping to create a house of cards that will stand just long enough to get past the current election cycle, and then commence ruining the most accurate source of location and time information available to consumers. I hope they fail.

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