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Guess who actually runs the GPS network? The US Air Force. Guess how much of a shit they give about civillian applications of it? Zero.

Back to the drawing board...

EDIT: I'd like to point out that this isn't really meant as a criticism. If I was in the air force's position I wouldn't give a shit either.

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That seems like a non-sequitur. Based on the article, LightSquare isn't an application of GPS. It's a wireless broadband network that just (unfortunately) happens to f with GPS signals.

Huh? Do you mean USAF doesn't care if Lightsquared screws up the GPS reception for civilians? Or do you mean they don't care if Lightsquared gets screwed?

If the first, presumably it would also interfere with USAF uses of GPS. And I don't think they would be entirely free from pushback, especially from commercial aviation and the FAA.

I mean the second, that they and by extension the rest of the US establishment is simply not going to allow any civillian technology to interfere with GPS.

Realise that's not entirely clear in the original post...

The US military GPS operates on a different frequency than civilian GPS, so it likely would not be affected.

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