Developing: AT&T, Verizon refuse FAA request to delay 5G rollout

For heavens sake, one Government agency actually talking too another, That’s outrageous. To think they might actually get something constructive accomplished it won’t happen.

I’m thinking this issue is all about the money, specifically who will pay for new/upgraded radio altimeters. Everyone involved wants someone else to pay, so stay tuned for more arguing, posturing in the media, and litigation.

by selling the bandwidths, the FCC is now complicit. Any college graduate would have suggested that they , , , uhm, , ,maybe check with the FAA? Dysfunctional government agencies.

Altimeters were given a band to operate in but their design made them sensitive to activity in adjacent bands not "owned" by them.

So who's problem is this?

Why give the money back? 5G is deployed in 40 other countries with no issues. It is proven safe already. This is now purely political and the FAA does not want to be caught with its pants down once again.

They are going to degrade there signal strength until this all can be put to rest one way or the other. So dont pat yourself too hard might hurt in the long run.

Unfortunately the cost of adding filtration to the radio=altimeter receiver antenna won't be $500, it will be multiple thousands of dollars per affected aircraft. The cost of obtaining required STCs/approval's from the FAA for every make/type model of affected aircraft will be insane, and the labor itself will likely be more than $500. Then throw in a FAA "tested and certified" band pass filter, the parts are likely to be over a thousand dollars per aircraft.

This would likely cost airlines millions to 10's of millions of dollars to institute. The price for small operators could likely be more than they could afford.

You seem to repeat the same claim of safety, with an incorrect assumption that 5G frequencies are all exactly the same all over the globe. They are NOT all the same frequencies.

Check out the web article below about 5G frequencies on USA telecoms

It lists 7 different freq bands used for Verizon 5G. Two other bands for AT&T 5G, and Five freg bands used for 5G by T-mobile/Sprint.

The article is a year old, but shows that USA 5G employs VARIOUS SWATHS of spectrum for 5G comms. Similarly, global telecoms are licensed to specific parts of spectrum as per country or region telecom regulators.


https://techpointmag.com/5g-bands-available-for-verizon-sprint-t-mobile/

So, 5G is NOT MERELY THE SAME BAND GLOBALLY. The current controversy is more narrowly focused - on C-band signals that might interfere with poorly-filtered radar altimeters.

However, they will pull in the FCC as culpable and the case will go on for decades. Remember it was the FCC that granted the licenses. Next?

*bit you in the ass..

Since much of this process of 5G frequency allocation and auctioning happened before 20 January 2021, could it be that two administrations are contributors to this situation? Assign blame as you will, assigning blame doesn’t fix the problem.

Y2K would have been an issue if hundreds of thousands of coders had not worked their proverbial arses off making sure it was not. That you think otherwise is testament to their hard work and skill.