Well this could be a funding issue. Considering that GPS is a free service (provided you have a reciver) what if we add a $10 tax to everything sold that uses GPS and put the funding towards updating and maintance. Considering that almost EVERY phone, that is sold in this day in age has a GPS reciver on it, they could realy increas the budget..
but that is the rambelings of a mad man.
Another tax? Don't make me go dig up Thomas Jefferson and give him a minigun, Man.
He has a point.
We already pay a "tax" for the "free" 911 service. Nothing in life is free and I really expect something like this to happen in the future to support the GPS network. Just about everything today can use the GPS system, hell, even the Alaska Marine Highway ferries use GPS guidance.
I personally expect a 10.00 GPS "fee" when you buy something, and for cell phones a 1.00 month GPS maintanance fee.