I’ve written about LightSquared in the past. They are the folks who claim to have a way to serve 92 percent of the US land area with wireless broadband (via 40,000 antennas). The problem is that there are compatibility issues between LightSquared and GPS. The connections get in each other’s way. So while the potential is great – so is the risk.

The FCC has been looking into LightSquared. Fierce Broadband Wireless is reporting that state lawmakers are asking them to get going fixing the problem. Two Minnesota State Senators were quoted…

Minnesota State Sen. Ron Latz cited a different benefit by endorsing LightSquared to bridge the broadband income-access gap. Latz said he represented a mixed-income area of suburban Minneapolis.

“Households with incomes below $20,000 have access to broadband at less than one-third the rate of households over $75,000,” he said in his filing. “Yet access to broadband is increasingly important for all Americans to actively participate in the workforce.”

Another Minnesota State Senator, Mike Parry, stressed the need for broadband in his mostly rural district.

“My legislative district, which is located in southern Minnesota, includes two regional centers-Fairbault and Owatonna,” he said. “These two communities are surrounded by small towns and farms. The lack of good telecommunications service is a problem for ambulance crew, state and county police and others that must respond swiftly to emergency situations.”