According to Associated Press Writer Joan Lowy, there is a new wireless internet network, LightSquared, that could potentially threaten the GPS’s we use throughout America and the lifestyle we have grown familiar to. It is so powerful it has the ability to interfere with GPS used in airplanes, cars and such that the government uses. This new wireless network is so powerful that the Federal Communications Commission plans to help the economy by stimulating it with the new network. They say that it would “bring faster and cheaper Internet connection to all Americans – even in remote corners of the country.” This could be a good or a bad thing for our economy. It will stimulate and encourage consumers to join this new network, which would reduce the demand for other companies, creating a shift in demand. Such a change could really weaken our economy as well by weakening other, current companies. On the contrary, entrepreneurs and companies have the ability to create complements to be used with the new wireless network that will knock out all other completion and bring in more profit. But at this moment, government is playing a role in regulating the company and requiring them to make sure that before they launch their new wireless internet network, they must be sure that it will not affect the GPS systems. This new production and invention could either be a smart tradeoff for all or a dangerous new creation. At the moment, the risks are too extreme and for that, Americans will not be able to test out this new incredible wireless internet until all other issues are fixed.
-Haley R
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