Question of the Week: Sophie's Choice

Question of the Week: Sophie’s Choice – GPS or Internet?

Editorial Staff

Thursday, July 07, 2011 at 12:00 AM ET

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Key Takeaways:

The article addresses the complex dispute between LightSquared's broadband network and GPS, anticipating an expensive resolution that aims to preserve both technologies.
It frames this conflict as a "Question of the Week," inviting readers to participate in a poll asking which they would prioritize: cheap, fast broadband or GPS.
The piece also references results from a previous week's poll and provides details on submitting suggestions for future questions.

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The dispute over the potential disruption of GPS by LightSquared’s broadband network will likely have a complex and expensive resolution that will preserve both – but we’re not going to give you any shades of gray this week. What would you prefer, cheap fast broadband or GPS?

What would be more important to you if you could only have one or the other?
(click to answer)

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