Can someone please translate this into normal words?

[OnDHunt]

Does this mean that I am going to have to stop and ask for directions again?

[RustyNail09]

This means you may have to learn how to read a paper atlas again =o

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[Mighty_Mo]

This means you may have to learn how to read a paper atlas again =o

And a compass.

[Mighty_Mo]

Here are a couple updates.

There's a substantial coalition forming to oppose Lightsquared.

DOD and DOT voice their displeasure. I would hope *they* have some influence.

[GizmoGuy411]

Here are a couple updates.

There's a substantial coalition forming to oppose Lightsquared.

DOD and DOT voice their displeasure. I would hope *they* have some influence.

In the links above is another important link that geocachers should visit and join if you don't want to scrap your current GPS unit and/or stop geocaching. Pass it on!

LINK: Coalition to Save Our GPS

[armygreenx]

I joined the coalition!

[Mighty_Mo]

Here is another article.

[Mighty_Mo]

Here is a bit more info

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110610/ap_ ... ps_threats

http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/10/gove ... -with-gps/

[Mighty_Mo]

Looks like Light Squared may be headed for Never Land
Leave it to the Defense Department

[harold]

That works for me.

[Mighty_Mo]

Ding Dong the witch is dead. - (with caveats)

FCC Ruling

[GrizzFlyer]

You beat me to it Mighty Mo. Here's another article on it....

CNN Story

[styx]

There have been numerous complaints from every industry ranging from airline pilots to boaters.... all largely ignored. Not only will we not be able to find caches.... you won't be able to find runways. Should be interesting.

Wonder if we can initiate a class action suit for pain, suffering, and the cost of a new filtered GPSr. It should probably cover the cost of all of the divorces caused by spouses staying home together and driving each other nuts for lack of something to do!

[styx]

The New York Times today reported that the FCC just rejected Lighsquared liscense as the band does interfere with existing GPS technology. CACHE ON!

[GrizzFlyer]

Here's some more from the May 2012 issue of Monitoring Times:

Politically-Tinged LightSquared Shambles

After a brief stint last year as a much-bally-hooed Future-of-Rural-Broadband scheme, Light-Squared this year has found itself in a shambles.

Unceremoniously skewered by the FCC, barred by the owners of the satellite it had contracted to use, and left adrift by its CEO, the last indignity
was a public dog pile by anyone with a GPS unit and an email account, courtesy of the FCC. The fall from FCC-grace for LightSquared came after pressure from the GPS industry forced the FCC to back away from its earlier blessing of the enterprise as part of its Rural Broadband Initiative. The resultant domino cascade triggered ripples in Congress, on Wall Street and with Inmarsat, the struggling UK-based satellite company on whose bird LightSquared had contracted to provide its service. Charges of cronyism regarding the service have been leveled from both political parties that have helped muddy the waters further, even holding up confirmation of two new FCC appointments.

Even now , it’s not clear just how dead Light-Squared is. With congressional investigations about to get underway (just in time to be politically expedient) and civil lawsuits threatened by various investors and the FCC still undecided on how it will treat the former darling of the Broadband Initiative, the whole mess could have the makings of a summer replacement reality show for insomniacs.