FCC and their relationship to "lightsourced"

Levitation · Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 9:20 am Post subject:

LS just missed a 58 million dollar payment to Inmarsat and has been declared to be in default...
Falcones hedge fund has dropped from 17 billion to 5 billion...
The fat lady is warming up...

Moxieabs · Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 1:42 pm Post subject:

LS CEO resigns 2/29/2012

starcrafttom · Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2012 3:33 am Post subject:

Captains Cat · Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2012 11:02 am Post subject:

Glad to see this particular effort fail. We Ham Radio Operators had the same sort of discussion/problems with internet companies that wanted to put Broadband internet over Power Lines. It was known as BPL. They did a bunch of tests (the ones that wanted to do it), found little or no interference. The Hams, on the other hand had measurable interference on their frequencies.

Not sure where that effort stands (can someone enlighten me?) but I hope it goes the way of lightsourced! We need broadband internet (I have a hard time getting it except via HughesNet) but not at the expense of another service or group of people.

JMHO.

Charlie

journey on · Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2012 4:28 pm Post subject:

I had never heard of the test results of data over power lines. I thought that it was approved, because San Diego G&E reads our meter over power lines. wondered why they don't offer it as a commercial service.

When I use the uhf/vhf radio that we have, I don't notice any interference. Was that only at the lower frequencies?

Our water company uses wireless to read their meter. Don't know what frequency. Also, I can buy a kit that turns the house power wiring into a data transmission service inside the house, don't know the protocol. I'll try to find out for my curiosity.

Our call signs are Boris-KE6QWS, Judy-KI6ZEH. Got mine for cruising, Judy got hers for the Community Emergency Response, so neither are real knowledgeable Hams.

Boris

thataway · Posted: Sun Mar 11, 2012 7:22 pm Post subject:

Here is the status of Broad band over power lines from the American Radio and Relay League (hams need to support this organization).

"ARRL had taken the FCC to federal court over the content of its BPL rules. In April 2008 the court remanded the BPL rules back to the FCC. In November 2011, in response to the court's order, the FCC issued a 2nd Report and Order that essentially affirmed the rules it had originally written, with only minor change. ARRL has filed a Petition for Reconsideration of this new Report and Order as its next step to try to get the FCC to write good rules that address the serious interference potential that comes from putting broadband HF and VHF signals onto power lines."

The whole story can be found at:

http://www.arrl.org/broadband-over-powerline-bpl

The reading of utility meters is a bit different type of technology than the broad band over power lines.

Aurelia · Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2012 9:08 am Post subject:

And Tumbling.....

https://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9225276/Sprint_cancels_LightSquared_LTE_deal

Anita Marie · Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 9:14 pm Post subject:

And Tumbling:

Lightsquared

thataway · Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 11:37 pm Post subject:

Unfortunately filing Chapter 11 does not stop Light Squared from still perusing their goal of using the spectrum. There are still some powerful people who are invested in the company, and we cannot let our guard down and assume that the issue is "Deal"....

Will-C

Well for right now I don't think this dog is going to hunt. Good luck finding new investors. I guess they thought it was a sure thing. Big contributions and then pulling the bankruptcy lever, class act. I bet we have not seen the last of this deal. They just need some more seed money to get the ball rolling again. Disgust

D.D.