House Members Say LightSquared Network Isn't Worth Severe Costs to Country

摘要

House lawmakers are pointing to high costs and national security worries as reasons not tonallow LightSquared to build its planned national network. At a hearing of the House ArmednServices Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, members of both parties said the cost of testingnfor GPS interference and carrying out solutions may outweigh the benefits. “The nationalnsecurity consequences of the LightSquared network are significant,” said Chairman MichaelnTurner, R-Ohio. The network could “render useless” the Defense Department’s GPSnreceivers, he said.