Re: GPS

At 2:32 PM -0400 9/4/02, John Sowerby wrote:
>Problem is that in this case, the EU version of GPS is going to be a 
>much needed product. Let's face it, the GPS satellites will fail at 
>some time, and having a second system up there will provide a much 
>needed safety net when that does happen.

Not that the spare GPS birds in orbit will provide spares for a failed
sat.

>I am staggered that the US has got so blase about international 
>standards that it appears that the Military ride roughshod over 
>standards of bandwidth, and that their signals will 'slop over' 
>(wired's own term) into the frequencies given by the International 
>Radio Frequency panel.

Not that France has much to say with 802.11b occupying one of their 
prime military frequencies. Anyone can locally jam French Military 
Coms with an iBook and Airport Card.

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