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Industry Comments on the LightSquared Proceeding
"[T]he agricultural aviation industry will be severely impacted if LightSquared is allowed to proceed."
- National Agricultural Aviation Association |
"It is the accuracy of GPS that makes it useful to farm and ranch operations. Disruption to GPS has the potential to reduce farm profitability by raising production costs and affecting farm and ranch operations."
- Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation |
"[P]recision agriculture is heavily dependent on an unobstructed and accurate GPS signal ... Interference from LightSquared's 4G-LTE network will waste fertilizer, potentially causing higher levels of nutrient losses, and have negative economic and environmental effects."
- The Fertilizer Institute |
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In The News
"We request that the Commission only approve LightSquared's waiver (to offer service) if it can be indisputably proven that there will be no GPS interference, "
- Part of a letter signed by a bipartisan group of 66 House members
Communications Daily - June 8, 2011 |
"We want to see the complete report"..."However, the executive summary confirms what we believe, that LightSquared's terrestrial-based system interferes with aviation GPS, which is a major public safety issue."
- Bobby Sturgell, a former acting FAA administrator commenting on report given to FAA
The Washington Post, High-tech problems reach a higher plane - June 6, 2011 |
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What GPS Users Are Saying
"As a rescue captain working offshore and through hundreds of miles of inland waters, GPS is critical to my line of work. Without it, our level of service will be dangerously affected."
- Captain Troup Nightingale, Georgia
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"I am an active General Aviation pilot and am very concerned about the safety risk to GPS operations that may be presented."
- Daniel Rose, New York
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What GPS Users Are Saying Across the United States
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"We use GPS to locate our underground utilities. We have invested thousands of dollars in our system, and do not want to see it in jeopardy in any way."
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"Anything that may cause GPS not to work as is currently will cost our agency more to survey land and navigate the State by automobile, plane, and vessels."
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