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From: Jim Henderson
Date: 6 Oct 2011 14:05:32
Message: <4e8dedec$1@news.povray.org>

On Thu, 06 Oct 2011 11:01:18 -0700, Darren New wrote:

> On 10/6/2011 10:26, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Thu, 06 Oct 2011 09:16:26 -0700, Darren New wrote:
>>
>>>> Do you think the system would be shutdown and the satellites
>>>> de-orbited? Do you think there would be any way to start charging for
>>>> all of the continuing users?
>>>
>>> It wouldn't be hard to charge. Put a license tax on each GPS receiver,
>>> like TV in the UK.
>>
>> It wouldn't surprise me to learn that that was part of the cost of the
>> devices already.
> 
> I'm sure there are a bunch of patents on receivers. I wouldn't expect
> any of that money goes back to the people orbiting the satellites.

Hard to say without looking at the relevant patents. :)

Jim

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