A new, ultra-fast wireless Internet network is threatening to overpower GPS signals across the U.S. and interfere with everything from airplanes to police cars to consumer navigation devices.
http://news.yahoo.co...s_tec_gps_threats
Planned wireless Internet network threatens GPS
A new, ultra-fast wireless Internet network is threatening to overpower GPS signals across the U.S. and interfere with everything from airplanes to police cars to consumer navigation devices.
http://news.yahoo.co...s_tec_gps_threats "Pictures are better then words because some words are big and hard to understand"
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Even the Pentagon has expressed concern as it relies on GPS to guide planes, ships, armored vehicles, weapons and troops. Unless someone has lifted the ban on military operations within the U.S., I believe that should be a non-issue. And this: Dan Hays, a consultant with the firm PRTM, insists the technical solution is straightforward: GPS devices need to include better filters to screen out the LightSquared signals... Hays believes it will cost no more than $12 million  or 30 cents per device  to install better filters in roughly 40 million standalone GPS units made worldwide each year.Well sure, for new gadgets. But what about phones? And aren't there a few devices already in use? But Tim Farrar, a consultant with TMF Associates, insists cellphones need upgrades, too  raising the annual cost to as much as $1 billion. Tens of billions of dollars of existing equipment may also need to be replaced, Farrar said.Yup, that's what I thought. And Hays' response? But Hays said GPS receivers are "eavesdropping on signals outside of where they are supposed to be"  in LightSquared's space.Oh, okay. It's my fault that your signal is bleeding over. Got it. --
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