To: Portcall24
There were other open frequencies available. LightSquared just didn’t want to pay for them.
For example, the huge swaths of bandwidth that analog TV used to take up? Yeah, that was available and wouldn’t have interfered with anything important.
12 posted on
02/15/2012 7:54:52 AM PST by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: Spktyr
For example, the huge swaths of bandwidth that analog TV used to take up? Yeah, that was available and wouldn’t have interfered with anything important. Not in the same band, however, that Lightsquared wanted to use.
19 posted on
02/15/2012 8:33:50 AM PST by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: Spktyr
For example, the huge swaths of bandwidth that analog TV used to take up?
Already sold off & reallocated by 2008 for around $20 billion: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_2008_wireless_spectrum_auction
Frequency spectrum is a hot commodity - you really think there's a bunch of free spectrum out there that's still waiting around to be used?
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