LightSquared Action Alert

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Action Alert!!!
Happy New Year to you all!
As you are aware, the issue of LightSquared’s interference with GPS reception (as has been verified in testing) continues to be a major concern for us and those we serve as Professionals.
LightSquared is pressuring the FCC to allow it to move ahead with its plans and disregard the recent independent test results.
We need your help, and that of your constituents, in urging the FCC not to allow this happen. The information attached to this message provides details regarding how to submit your comments to the FCC.
Please share this message and the attached information with your respective contact lists.
Please contact me or our Government Affairs Consultant Laurence Socci (laurence@theclagroup.com) if you have questions.
Thanks,
Curt

Curt Sumner, LS
Executive Director, American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (ACSM)
6 Montgomery Village Avenue, Suite 403
Gaithersburg, MD 20879
240-632-9716, ext. 106
curtis.sumner@acsm.net
703-509- 3601 (cell)
Attachment to the email:
ACTION ALERT
LightSquared is Pressuring the FCC to Affirm Its License and Let It Begin Work --- Even Though Recent Tests Showed Interference With High-Precision GPS Will Occur.
As you may have heard, LightSquared recently petitioned the FCC to affirm its license and allow it to begin work --- even though independent tests showed that interference with high-precision GPS will occur if LightSquared goes forward with its plan.
The FCC Needs To Hear From You!
The FCC will ultimately decide if, when and how LightSquared can proceed with its plan. If the FCC only hears from LightSquared, it will grant their request. We need to make it clear that LightSquared should not be allowed to go forward until it is shown that their plan will not interfere with high-precision GPS. We need to tell the FCC that not only the surveying industry will be harmed, but so will the hundreds of thousands of people who use the data surveyors produce. “We need you to send a letter to the FCC telling them that as a user of high-precision GPS, you oppose LightSquared’s request (which ignores the recent independent test results) to affirm its license and its request to go forward with its planâ€￾.
Your letter should be addressed to:
Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary
Federal Communications Commission
445 12th St. SW
Washington, DC 20554
Re: LightSquared Subsidiary, LLC
Ex Parte Communication. IB Docket No. 11-109
IBSF File No. SAT-MOD-20101118-00239

In order to submit a letter regarding the LightSquared Subsidiary LLC modification request being processed by the International Bureau, follow these steps:
1. Go to the FCC International Bureau Electronic Filing System (IBFS): http://licensing.fcc.gov/myibfs/pleading.do and fill in the requested information. Pleading type is a drop down menu. The selection of "letter" is most likely the correct one; "ex parte presentation notification letter" is used to report a prior oral ex parte meeting, and would not be correct here. Keep "no" checked on the "confidential information" line. Please note that there is no need to have or use an FCC Registration Number (FRN). The sender should fill out the information fields; there is no need to fill out the "Contact Information" field if the sender is posting directly.
2. When this form is complete, hit "Next Step" and you will be directed to a page requesting the FCC file number for the LightSquared modification (SAT-MOD-20101118-00239). Copy and paste the complete file number in the box. Click "Add File Numbers to Pleading List" and then check the box in the row that appears with the file number. Click "Next Step".
3. The next step is to upload your letter. Click the icon under "Replace/Attach" and proceed to fill out the description of the letter and follow the upload instructions. The letter should be in pdf format.
4. Click "Submit" after the letter is uploaded. You will receive an electronic confirmation that you can print and retain for your files.

Thank you for your help! It is vital that we do everything we can to prevent LightSquared from convincing the FCC to ignore the latest test results and allow LightSquared to go forward --- even if it hinders nationwide GPS.