Re: FCC vs FAA Story

[Miles Fidelman <mfidelman () meetinghouse net>]

John Levine wrote:
> It appears that Crist Clark <cjc+nanog () pumpky net> said:
> > ProPublica published an investigative report on it last week,
> >
> > https://www.propublica.org/article/fcc-faa-5g-planes-trump-biden
> >
> > Whaddya know. Plenty of blame to go around. Government regulative bodies
> > captured by the industries they’re supposed to regulate. The usual stuff.
> That piece has way too much inside baseball and misses the actual question
> of whether C band radios would break radio altimeters.
>
> Harold Feld did a much better job in November:
>
> https://wetmachine.com/tales-of-the-sausage-factory/what-the-eff-faa-my-insanely-long-field-guide-to-the-faa-fcc-5g-c-band-fight/
Well... a bit better look at the politics & motivations of the folks 
involved.  Still doesn't address whether or not C band radios break 
radio altimeters.

Miles Fidelman

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