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IPFS News Link • Transportation: Air Travel

Airlines Group Argues 5G Filters Not Enough; "significant bleed-over to the radio altimeter ban

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Opposition to 5G deployment is increasing worldwide due to numerous significant issues associated with it.  This has limited, slowed, and/or stopped activation in some locations including again recently near U.S. airports due to unresolved aviation risks.  The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is supposed to protect Americans from the telecom industry but has instead catered to it for decades (see 1, 2).  This has led to several lawsuits filed against it as well as well-documented complaints made by lawmakers, other government agencies, and consumer, corporate, cybersecurity, environmental, energy, health, and trade organizations.  In regard to controversial 5G technology, recently, FCC Chairwoman, Jessica Rosenworcel, said that the agency needs to "rethink our approach to spectrum policy and move beyond just transmitters and consider receivers, too."  Of course, the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) has objected to this so only time will tell if the FCC will actually provide sufficient safeguards on transmitters and/or receivers.  Additionally, at least one airlines group maintains that retrofitting airplanes' altimeters with 5G filters won't eliminate dangerous interference issues.


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