https://tmfassociates.com/blog/2013/05/01/its-academic/ Satellites, spectrum and other stuff Tue, 03 Feb 2026 21:36:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 https://tmfassociates.com/blog/2013/05/01/its-academic/comment-page-1/#comment-1304 gschrock Mon, 06 May 2013 18:23:36 +0000 http://tmfassociates.com/blog/?p=4276#comment-1304 Amy thank you for the clarification, but it does raise flags when some of the recommendations sound eerily like what has been seen in the talking points of the plan promoters over the past few years - maybe just based on some of the same skewed/flawed input from the plan promoters. So if a report sounds like it came from the Spectral Carpet Baggers Guide to the Galaxy, it could be mistaken as being sponsored or influenced. But there is a wealth of other good info in the reports all the same (despite overlooking things like the damning test results). But here is a little factoid that never shows up in any report (sponsored or not), and it speaks to the whole ratiinale behind sacrificing MSS/L-Band: of the 15 or so countries that we envy for having faster-better-cheaper broadband, not a single one of them had to compromise the MSS portion of L-Band (which is used for far more than just GPS), or have had to force the many millions of GPS users foot to the bill, to achive thier broadband offerings. Not a single one. So is this proposed course of action "the best last hope for wireless broadband" as we've been sold? Or is it simply convneient for a few investors. Not a single one had to do this - thety found other (better) solutions. How about better use of allocated (or often "sat on") spectrum? Amy thank you for the clarification, but it does raise flags when some of the recommendations sound eerily like what has been seen in the talking points of the plan promoters over the past few years – maybe just based on some of the same skewed/flawed input from the plan promoters. So if a report sounds like it came from the Spectral Carpet Baggers Guide to the Galaxy, it could be mistaken as being sponsored or influenced. But there is a wealth of other good info in the reports all the same (despite overlooking things like the damning test results).
But here is a little factoid that never shows up in any report (sponsored or not), and it speaks to the whole ratiinale behind sacrificing MSS/L-Band: of the 15 or so countries that we envy for having faster-better-cheaper broadband, not a single one of them had to compromise the MSS portion of L-Band (which is used for far more than just GPS), or have had to force the many millions of GPS users foot to the bill, to achive thier broadband offerings. Not a single one. So is this proposed course of action “the best last hope for wireless broadband” as we’ve been sold? Or is it simply convneient for a few investors. Not a single one had to do this – thety found other (better) solutions. How about better use of allocated (or often “sat on”) spectrum?

]]> https://tmfassociates.com/blog/2013/05/01/its-academic/comment-page-1/#comment-1235 A Smorodin Thu, 02 May 2013 15:13:18 +0000 http://tmfassociates.com/blog/?p=4276#comment-1235 I'd like to correct a few assumptions you made about Lenard and White's recent paper on Lightsquared. First of all, Lenard is not the "economist" mentioned in the bills you link to in your post. He has never consulted for, or spoken to, Lightsquared's lawyers. Second, Lightsquared is a supporter of TPI (and is listed on our supporters page, along with 25 other companies) but our supporters do not fund specific projects - we are a think tank, not a consulting group. In addition, no one from LightSquared saw the paper in any version before it was released. Thanks- Amy Smorodin, TPI I’d like to correct a few assumptions you made about Lenard and White’s recent paper on Lightsquared. First of all, Lenard is not the “economist” mentioned in the bills you link to in your post. He has never consulted for, or spoken to, Lightsquared’s lawyers. Second, Lightsquared is a supporter of TPI (and is listed on our supporters page, along with 25 other companies) but our supporters do not fund specific projects – we are a think tank, not a consulting group. In addition, no one from LightSquared saw the paper in any version before it was released.
Thanks-
Amy Smorodin, TPI

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