LightSquared's plan to share spectrum with weather balloons draws cheers, jeers

LightSquared's latest proposal before the Federal Communications Commission to salvage its dreams for a wholesale LTE network has drawn a range of comments, many falling into predictable camps of opposition and support. However, it is unclear if or when the FCC will act on the plan.

LightSquared wants to share spectrum that is currently set aside for weather balloons used by the federal government. In exchange, LightSquared said it would permanently relinquish its 10 MHz of spectrum that is directly adjacent to the frequencies used by GPS receivers. The FCC set an initial deadline for comments of Dec. 17 and a raft of them flooded in.