Congressional Committee Blocks FCC Approval of LightSquared

http://www.gpsworld.com/gnss-system/...tsquared-11818

"The House Appropriations Committee today approved the fiscal year 2012
Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill. One
amendment to the bill prohibits funding for the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) to remove conditions on or permit certain commercial
broadband operations until the FCC has resolved concerns of harmful
interference by these operations on GPS devices. The amendment was
adopted on a voice vote".

On Tue, 28 Jun 2011 19:59:04 -0500, Sam Wormley <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>Congressional Committee Blocks FCC Approval of LightSquared
>
>http://www.gpsworld.com/gnss-system/...tsquared-11818
>
>"The House Appropriations Committee today approved the fiscal year 2012
>Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill. One
>amendment to the bill prohibits funding for the Federal Communications
>Commission (FCC) to remove conditions on or permit certain commercial
>broadband operations until the FCC has resolved concerns of harmful
>interference by these operations on GPS devices. The amendment was
>adopted on a voice vote".
>
Lightsquared has nowhere to go. It was a ****ant *idea* to begin with
and it is a dogs--t idea now.

I would rather the article said "...One amendment to the bill
prohibits AUTHORIZATION ( instead of *funding* ) for the FCC to remove
conditions on or permit certain broadband operations...."

This Financial Services and General Govn't Appropriations bill removes
$$$ for what? The "Testing for Interference" phase is already over
and the results are in. Lightsquared CANNOT transmit on the frequency
of their choice with the power level of their choice without
interference to GPS. The Question has already been answered.

So now what.

Lg