Lightsquared might not be such a sweet deal

I can see some of the rationale behind weighing up the potential value of the LS plan (as promoted) and the hurt that folks will have to endure in the GNSS world to make it happen, but closer examination shows that the dela may not be as sweet as the PR campaign woudl have us believe:

Read this analysis carefully and look at the coverage maop and the specific example given. Satelite data services already covers the country, and the terrestrial component of LS might not even cover what other companies already cover. Is there some huge gain for our loss?