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In response to "Andrea, the (spectrum? bandwidth? not sure the word?) was sold to Verizon and AT&T during the prior administration. -- (edited)" by ty97

yeah, it just seems like this is a VERY last minute panic for something everyone knew was coming. -- nm

Posted by Andie (aka Andie) Jan 18 '22, 11:37

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Oh God no. I used to have regular briefings with the FAA, and they were discussing this at least as early as 2016. - ReluctantCynic Jan 18, 12:13 4
- oh, i get all that, but with all that, how did it become an emergency today with all that lead time? -- nm - Andie Jan 18, 12:18 3
  - Because Verizon and AT&T are activating/using that bandwidth starting today. -- nm - ty97 Jan 18, 12:54
  - That's a great question. - ReluctantCynic Jan 18, 12:23 1
    - "let the market sort it out" (Jane you ignorant slut, they bought their ticket, they took the risk, "I say Let them crash") -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 18, 12:28
Y2K!!! -- nm - Spawn Jan 18, 11:49
An explainer! -- (link) - ty97 Jan 18, 11:41 2
- can we get the cliffnotes version ? -- nm - decline Jan 18, 11:44 1
  - n xplnr -- (link) - ty97 Jan 18, 11:47
From what I read, the airlines have been panicking for awhile and the FAA has basically ignored them -- nm - decline Jan 18, 11:38
I guess they expected that cell companies to be willing to delay? I dunno -- nm - ty97 Jan 18, 11:37

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