There's a similar problem out there with GPS and a company called Ligado

They bought spectrum they have (generally) not been allowed to use because it'd cause interference in bands GPS receivers expected to remain clear but had no legal reason to expect it. Far more complicated than that, but a chunk of it is the same: cheap/bad filters expecting adjacent bands to go unused/same lower use in the future despite there being no guarantee of that.

It's like building a window on the side of your house, then demanding that your neighbor who has the right to build there not ruin your view.

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Posted: 01/18/2022 at 09:15AM

Fr8Dog, ‘splain the 5G interference controversy so that idjits ( me) can -- DonHo-kieHi 01/17/2022 11:24PM

A scientist on the internet said it spreads Covid -- BlacksburgHokie 01/18/2022 5:06PM

The discussion below is why I keep coming back...good stuff...many thanks ** -- DoYouLiftHokies 01/18/2022 08:50AM

The frequencies of the new 5G can interfere with radio altimeters, which -- B777Fr8Dog 01/17/2022 11:55PM

Aliens, got it. ** -- HokieNoVA 01/18/2022 10:37AM

See, e.g., DieHard 2 for the importance of altimeters ** -- ModerateHokie 01/18/2022 09:56AM

Once you retire, you no longer have to worry about that because... -- EDGEMAN 01/18/2022 09:01AM

I’ll still be trying to avoid bad weather - on my catamaran 😎👍🏻** -- B777Fr8Dog 01/18/2022 09:12AM

Wow ** -- bigbadbird 01/18/2022 08:53AM

Isn't 5G already in widely in use in east Asia? How is it handled there? -- Stork 01/18/2022 07:50AM

My understand it’s a different range of freqs for this round of 5G. We have -- B777Fr8Dog 01/18/2022 09:11AM

Here's interesting reading why rest of the world OK with 5G & planes. -- Stork 01/18/2022 07:58AM

Pretty much my understanding ** -- B777Fr8Dog 01/18/2022 09:34AM

One has to wonder why the US didn't use the same 5G bands as Europe -- EDGEMAN 01/18/2022 09:05AM

Interesting point made on down in that - -- PhotoHokieNC 01/18/2022 08:14AM

Seems to be a problem all on its own, regardless of where the 5G resides ** -- HOKIERIT 01/18/2022 8:07PM

There's a similar problem out there with GPS and a company called Ligado -- jmanatVT 01/18/2022 09:15AM

Spectrum considerations can be really really annoying if you don't prepare -- Freddyburg Hokie 01/18/2022 10:31AM

Great analogy! ** -- PhotoHokieNC 01/18/2022 09:16AM

POWER LEVELS -- Gobblers1 01/19/2022 2:25PM

To continue the analogy, in both cases, I don't know if the "neighbor" -- jmanatVT 01/18/2022 09:27AM

So an FCC screw up? ** -- HokieR 01/18/2022 03:49AM

I’m sure there are $$ lining someone’s pocket ** -- B777Fr8Dog 01/18/2022 09:08AM

Is MORE payoff the answer? Seems it NEEDS to be solved-> -- HOKIERIT 01/18/2022 8:10PM

Don’t they “ auction” those frequencies? Does that involve a money exchang -- DonHo-kieHi 01/18/2022 1:59PM

🤷🏻‍♂️ ** -- B777Fr8Dog 01/18/2022 2:26PM

Or ignorance/arrogance on the parts of cell service providers. ** -- PhotoHokieNC 01/18/2022 07:01AM

I worked in healthcare as a clinical -- HokieR 01/18/2022 08:06AM

Read about this as a potential issue years ago so its not a surprise -- Flemington Hokie 01/18/2022 07:52AM

The number and seriousness of inter-agency rivalries has been a -- PhotoHokieNC 01/18/2022 08:09AM

Sounds a lot like the CDC mess we were discussing yesterday ** -- Stork 01/18/2022 08:17AM

And NSA/CIA/FBI/DOD after 9/11. ** -- PhotoHokieNC 01/18/2022 08:18AM

There's a similar problem out there with GPS and a company called Ligado

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