I'm also still bitter over TELUS being fined over the GTE/Verizon ownership percentage; then the government actively trying to convince Verizon to come to Canada and compete.

Talk about sucking and blowing at the same time.

Once you get past 50 Meg or so, the user experience doesn't change - but there's a explosion of connected devices, so managing that demand is huge.

Is it the price or the lack of real competition and more like a frown on collusion?

So in under 10 years, the government has collected just over 22B from the Cell companies, while at the same time publicly berating them for the amounts they charge.

Talk about sucking and blowing at the same time.

On one side, it's great for taxpayers because it helps funds the government -- but it also sucks for taxpayers because this is why we'll always have high cellphone bills, as someone has to pay that $9B price tag, and for each auction afterwards. I had no idea it was this expensive.

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SAB-001-21 — Radio Altimeters and Technical Rules in the 3450-3650 MHz Band (3500 MHz Band)
March 2021

Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) is monitoring international developments regarding the use of radio altimeters in the 4200-4400 MHz band and their potential to receive interference from future flexible use operations in the 3450-3650 MHz band (hereinafter referred to as the 3500 MHz band).

Radio altimeters
Radio altimeters are sensors installed on most civil and military aircraft and operate in the 4200‑4400 MHz band. They continuously measure an aircraft’s altitude above ground level in flight and provide direct measurement of its clearance over terrain and obstacles. They also feed information to other systems on board the aircraft, including the automated landing and collision avoidance systems.

International spectrum regulators, including ISED, have recently become aware of studies that have shown a possibility of interference to radio altimeters from signals outside their band of operation, which could include signals from future flexible use deployment of 5G systems in 3500 MHz spectrum around airports and heliports.

New standards for radio altimeters are expected to be available in 2022 to address these interference concerns. However, it could take several years to implement, certify and deploy new equipment on existing aircraft.

International developments
Regulators around the world are currently examining the need for measures to protect radio altimeters on aircraft when considering flexible use in bands below 4200 MHz. Some regulators (e.g. France, Japan) have decided to implement measures, such as operational restrictions on flexible use systems near airport runways and around heliports.

Conversely, other regulators (e.g. the United Kingdom, United States, and Australia) have not, to date, imposed any specific requirements for protection of radio altimeters with respect to use of the 3500 MHz band.

Additional international studies are underway to assess the potential interference to radio altimeters from flexible use below 4200 MHz.

Future measures
ISED is committed to keeping Canadians safe. As such, ISED will continue to monitor and study this issue as it develops and, if necessary, may update technical rules in the 3500 MHz band to mitigate potential interference to radio altimeters.

For questions, please email ic.spectrumengineering-genieduspectre.ic@canada.ca.

March 26, 2021
Martin Proulx
Director General

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Actually:
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada.

No, the purpose of a headline is to have you read the post. You read it. Mission accomplished.

even the title of this post is misleading, dks01, should change it to Live near an airport? No 5G on 3500 for you, but it will still work on other licensed frequencies.

If they can prove it, perhaps then they can write off legitimate losses on taxes. As noted previously, depends on the conditions of the purchase and what they knew ahead of time as well.

My God, that seems strange.

It's actually a divided authority, which is not a good way to do business.

»hillnotes.ca/2021/05/10/ ··· -canada/

My God, that seems strange.

It's actually a divided authority, which is not a good way to do business.

»hillnotes.ca/2021/05/10/ ··· -canada/

But they did make it seem that 5G would be totally absent if you’re living near an airport and that your 5G iPhone or Samsung is virtually LTE locked.

In the meantime, suggest altimeters to be hardened or encoded so that the 5G restriction can be lifted.

They were aware of potential conflict, but there should be enough of a buffer between 5G frequencies and altimeters that it shouldn’t have interfered. What’s happening here is Canada is taking a different approach than most, if not all, other countries in being cautious. Enough so that 5G in Canada interferes airplanes in this country only. Not that we’re using different technology or planes.

TELUS, Bell, and Rogers likely expected Canada to take the same approach as everyone else, rather than be outliers.

The current 5G deployment is at the most basic of levels; the full roll-out will include a lot more bells and whistles - like QoS/traffic prioritization, band splitting, and greater speed/bandwidth.

The Government announcing the restrictions 2 weeks after the auction, is dirty pool...

So if those areas already have 5G, what happens? Or is it a matter that towers/terminals can’t be placed in that area?

Degraded?? You are using 5g now?

So if those areas already have 5G, what happens? Or is it a matter that towers/terminals can’t be placed in that area?

The Government announcing the restrictions 2 weeks after the auction, is dirty pool...

This devalues the spectrum greatly...