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On Dec 14, 8:32*am, Wayne.B wrote:
BusinessWeek is carrying an article today that says that government tests showed that the proposed LightSquared mobile service caused interference to 75% of all GPS receivers tested. The report can be found at:http://preview.tinyurl.com/7jyaazf There is big money behind this. * I'd recommend writing your elected representatives and voicing your concerns. That could be a bad deal. I'm a slow learner, but my wife just updated her Garmin and gave her old one. I'm not dependent of it but I'm kinda liking it. too bad if they'll all be screwed up |
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On 12/15/11 7:42 AM, Tim wrote:
On Dec 14, 8:32 am, wrote: BusinessWeek is carrying an article today that says that government tests showed that the proposed LightSquared mobile service caused interference to 75% of all GPS receivers tested. The report can be found at:http://preview.tinyurl.com/7jyaazf There is big money behind this. I'd recommend writing your elected representatives and voicing your concerns. That could be a bad deal. I'm a slow learner, but my wife just updated her Garmin and gave her old one. I'm not dependent of it but I'm kinda liking it. too bad if they'll all be screwed up From my point of view of being against the takeover of the United States by corporate interests, this is almost laughable. The well-heeled corporate interests at LightSquared are lobbying to push their theory that their snatch of bandwidth isn't going to do any harm to existing services because, well, because they say so. On the other hand, we have reports that: Government tests showed that "LightSquared signals caused harmful interference to the majority of…general purpose GPS receivers," said Anthony Russo, director of the National Coordination Office for Spaced-Based Positioning, Navigation and Timing, a government and industry advisory board, in a statement late Wednesday. How will it end? The usual way: another corporate takeover of an area that should be tightly regulated to protect the public's interest. And we'll all probably have to subscribe for payment to some future commercial GPS service. Corporatism uber alles. -- http://flickr.com/gp/hakr/oR82kN |
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On 12/15/2011 7:56 AM, X ` Man wrote:
From my point of view of being against the takeover of the United States by corporate interests, this is almost laughable. The well-heeled corporate interests at LightSquared are lobbying to push their theory that their snatch of bandwidth isn't going to do any harm to existing services because, well, because they say so. On the other hand, we have reports that: Government tests showed that "LightSquared signals caused harmful interference to the majority of…general purpose GPS receivers," said Anthony Russo, director of the National Coordination Office for Spaced-Based Positioning, Navigation and Timing, a government and industry advisory board, in a statement late Wednesday. How will it end? The usual way: another corporate takeover of an area that should be tightly regulated to protect the public's interest. And we'll all probably have to subscribe for payment to some future commercial GPS service. Corporatism uber alles. WELL THEN, DON'T JUST SIT THERE, DO SOMETHING... |
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On 12/15/2011 8:50 AM, A boater wrote:
On 12/15/2011 7:56 AM, X ` Man wrote: From my point of view of being against the takeover of the United States by corporate interests, this is almost laughable. The well-heeled corporate interests at LightSquared are lobbying to push their theory that their snatch of bandwidth isn't going to do any harm to existing services because, well, because they say so. On the other hand, we have reports that: Government tests showed that "LightSquared signals caused harmful interference to the majority of…general purpose GPS receivers," said Anthony Russo, director of the National Coordination Office for Spaced-Based Positioning, Navigation and Timing, a government and industry advisory board, in a statement late Wednesday. How will it end? The usual way: another corporate takeover of an area that should be tightly regulated to protect the public's interest. And we'll all probably have to subscribe for payment to some future commercial GPS service. Corporatism uber alles. WELL THEN, DON'T JUST SIT THERE, DO SOMETHING... As much **** as I am sure to take I have to admit, I am addicted to my GPS. It's on all the time, always pointed where I am going (over 5 miles or so) even if I go there every day like the track or the stables. I like the clock, the speedometer, and just not spacing by a turn. Of course I do end up going a lot of places that are new to me during the year too traveling around from track to track... So, I need my GPS! |
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On Dec 15, 7:59*am, JustWait wrote:
On 12/15/2011 8:50 AM, A boater wrote: On 12/15/2011 7:56 AM, X ` Man wrote: From my point of view of being against the takeover of the United States by corporate interests, this is almost laughable. The well-heeled corporate interests at LightSquared are lobbying to push their theory that their snatch of bandwidth isn't going to do any harm to existing services because, well, because they say so. On the other hand, we have reports that: Government tests showed that "LightSquared signals caused harmful interference to the majority of…general purpose GPS receivers," said Anthony Russo, director of the National Coordination Office for Spaced-Based Positioning, Navigation and Timing, a government and industry advisory board, in a statement late Wednesday. How will it end? The usual way: another corporate takeover of an area that should be tightly regulated to protect the public's interest. And we'll all probably have to subscribe for payment to some future commercial GPS service. Corporatism uber alles. WELL THEN, DON'T JUST SIT THERE, DO SOMETHING... As much **** as I am sure to take I have to admit, I am addicted to my GPS. It's on all the time, always pointed where I am going (over 5 miles or so) even if I go there every day like the track or the stables. I like the clock, the speedometer, and just not spacing by a turn. Of course I do end up going a lot of places that are new to me during the year too traveling around from track to track... So, I need my GPS! At night I like watching the little car image follow the pink ribbon of a road.... |
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On Dec 15, 7:39*pm, Tim wrote:
On Dec 15, 7:59*am, JustWait wrote: On 12/15/2011 8:50 AM, A boater wrote: On 12/15/2011 7:56 AM, X ` Man wrote: From my point of view of being against the takeover of the United States by corporate interests, this is almost laughable. The well-heeled corporate interests at LightSquared are lobbying to push their theory that their snatch of bandwidth isn't going to do any harm to existing services because, well, because they say so. On the other hand, we have reports that: Government tests showed that "LightSquared signals caused harmful interference to the majority of…general purpose GPS receivers," said Anthony Russo, director of the National Coordination Office for Spaced-Based Positioning, Navigation and Timing, a government and industry advisory board, in a statement late Wednesday. How will it end? The usual way: another corporate takeover of an area that should be tightly regulated to protect the public's interest. And we'll all probably have to subscribe for payment to some future commercial GPS service. Corporatism uber alles. WELL THEN, DON'T JUST SIT THERE, DO SOMETHING... As much **** as I am sure to take I have to admit, I am addicted to my GPS. It's on all the time, always pointed where I am going (over 5 miles or so) even if I go there every day like the track or the stables. I like the clock, the speedometer, and just not spacing by a turn. Of course I do end up going a lot of places that are new to me during the year too traveling around from track to track... So, I need my GPS! At night I like watching the little car image follow the pink ribbon of a road....- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - You can be tricked by the gadgets. In August I had the wife, mom, two sisters and the dog in the RAV4 sightseeing in rural Cape Breton. (was also pulling my new Mission aluminum utility trailer with all our luggage and mom's wheelchair inside) Rather than use street signs, I asked the garmin to take me to a particular town on the Bras d'Or Lakes. The road got smaller... turned to gravel and then got narrower and narrower. We ended up in some farm's front yard on a dead end. Retraced our steps and followed the highway signs from then on. |
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On 12/15/2011 6:49 PM, North Star wrote:
On Dec 15, 7:39 pm, wrote: On Dec 15, 7:59 am, wrote: On 12/15/2011 8:50 AM, A boater wrote: On 12/15/2011 7:56 AM, X ` Man wrote: From my point of view of being against the takeover of the United States by corporate interests, this is almost laughable. The well-heeled corporate interests at LightSquared are lobbying to push their theory that their snatch of bandwidth isn't going to do any harm to existing services because, well, because they say so. On the other hand, we have reports that: Government tests showed that "LightSquared signals caused harmful interference to the majority of…general purpose GPS receivers," said Anthony Russo, director of the National Coordination Office for Spaced-Based Positioning, Navigation and Timing, a government and industry advisory board, in a statement late Wednesday. How will it end? The usual way: another corporate takeover of an area that should be tightly regulated to protect the public's interest. And we'll all probably have to subscribe for payment to some future commercial GPS service. Corporatism uber alles. WELL THEN, DON'T JUST SIT THERE, DO SOMETHING... As much **** as I am sure to take I have to admit, I am addicted to my GPS. It's on all the time, always pointed where I am going (over 5 miles or so) even if I go there every day like the track or the stables. I like the clock, the speedometer, and just not spacing by a turn. Of course I do end up going a lot of places that are new to me during the year too traveling around from track to track... So, I need my GPS! At night I like watching the little car image follow the pink ribbon of a road....- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - You can be tricked by the gadgets. In August I had the wife, mom, two sisters and the dog in the RAV4 sightseeing in rural Cape Breton. (was also pulling my new Mission aluminum utility trailer with all our luggage and mom's wheelchair inside) Rather than use street signs, I asked the garmin to take me to a particular town on the Bras d'Or Lakes. The road got smaller... turned to gravel and then got narrower and narrower. We ended up in some farm's front yard on a dead end. Retraced our steps and followed the highway signs from then on. Be careful when navigating the roads of far northeast territories. Many of the roads end up in a farmer's driveway. -- 1-20-13 The end of an error |
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On Dec 15, 5:49*pm, North Star wrote:
On Dec 15, 7:39*pm, Tim wrote: On Dec 15, 7:59*am, JustWait wrote: On 12/15/2011 8:50 AM, A boater wrote: On 12/15/2011 7:56 AM, X ` Man wrote: From my point of view of being against the takeover of the United States by corporate interests, this is almost laughable. The well-heeled corporate interests at LightSquared are lobbying to push their theory that their snatch of bandwidth isn't going to do any harm to existing services because, well, because they say so. On the other hand, we have reports that: Government tests showed that "LightSquared signals caused harmful interference to the majority of…general purpose GPS receivers," said Anthony Russo, director of the National Coordination Office for Spaced-Based Positioning, Navigation and Timing, a government and industry advisory board, in a statement late Wednesday. How will it end? The usual way: another corporate takeover of an area that should be tightly regulated to protect the public's interest. And we'll all probably have to subscribe for payment to some future commercial GPS service. Corporatism uber alles. WELL THEN, DON'T JUST SIT THERE, DO SOMETHING... As much **** as I am sure to take I have to admit, I am addicted to my GPS. It's on all the time, always pointed where I am going (over 5 miles or so) even if I go there every day like the track or the stables. I like the clock, the speedometer, and just not spacing by a turn. Of course I do end up going a lot of places that are new to me during the year too traveling around from track to track... So, I need my GPS! At night I like watching the little car image follow the pink ribbon of a road....- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - You can be tricked by the gadgets. In August I had the wife, mom, two sisters and the dog in the RAV4 sightseeing in rural Cape Breton. (was also pulling my new Mission aluminum utility trailer with all our luggage and mom's wheelchair inside) Rather than use street signs, I asked the garmin to take me to a particular town on the Bras d'Or Lakes. The road got smaller... turned to gravel and then got narrower and narrower. We ended up in some farm's front yard on a dead end. * Retraced our steps and followed the highway signs from then on. The only time I've really used it was to find my way around unfamiliar towns. To me it's useless on a 4 lane, but coming into some place like Chicago, St. Lou,or Indianapolis, it's handy to catch the right exit and street, especially during a rush hr. traffic. |
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North Star wrote:
On Dec 15, 7:39 pm, wrote: On Dec 15, 7:59 am, wrote: On 12/15/2011 8:50 AM, A boater wrote: On 12/15/2011 7:56 AM, X ` Man wrote: From my point of view of being against the takeover of the United States by corporate interests, this is almost laughable. The well-heeled corporate interests at LightSquared are lobbying to push their theory that their snatch of bandwidth isn't going to do any harm to existing services because, well, because they say so. On the other hand, we have reports that: Government tests showed that "LightSquared signals caused harmful interference to the majority of…general purpose GPS receivers," said Anthony Russo, director of the National Coordination Office for Spaced-Based Positioning, Navigation and Timing, a government and industry advisory board, in a statement late Wednesday. How will it end? The usual way: another corporate takeover of an area that should be tightly regulated to protect the public's interest. And we'll all probably have to subscribe for payment to some future commercial GPS service. Corporatism uber alles. WELL THEN, DON'T JUST SIT THERE, DO SOMETHING... As much **** as I am sure to take I have to admit, I am addicted to my GPS. It's on all the time, always pointed where I am going (over 5 miles or so) even if I go there every day like the track or the stables. I like the clock, the speedometer, and just not spacing by a turn. Of course I do end up going a lot of places that are new to me during the year too traveling around from track to track... So, I need my GPS! At night I like watching the little car image follow the pink ribbon of a road....- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - You can be tricked by the gadgets. In August I had the wife, mom, two sisters and the dog in the RAV4 sightseeing in rural Cape Breton. (was also pulling my new Mission aluminum utility trailer with all our luggage and mom's wheelchair inside) Rather than use street signs, I asked the garmin to take me to a particular town on the Bras d'Or Lakes. The road got smaller... turned to gravel and then got narrower and narrower. We ended up in some farm's front yard on a dead end. Retraced our steps and followed the highway signs from then on. Five women and a dog in the RAV4? Aside from the stench, did you ladies enjoy the trip? -HB |
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