it is voluntarily deferring the placement or turning on, i should say, the actual 5g cell cites near airports. as you know, the airline ceos have warned that if, in fact, these sites go live at midnight tonight around airports, they are very concerned about the possibility that the 5g sites could interfere with a plane s altimeter, which is critical in landing. and as a result of that concern, the faa has said that they will not allow planes to use altimeters coming into key runways that are near 5g sites, because of the possibility of interference. they have now been under tremendous pressure, the white house under tremendous pressure from the airlines to do something, step in and stop the deployment of 5g and turning these systems on around airports. so now, at&t, it would be appear, is going to not voluntarily turn on its 5g sites around airports. the rest of its 5g system will go on live tonight around
are discussions right now between the fcc, the faa and the cell phone industry about essentially creating a buffer zone, if you will, around the new 5g cell towers that would go up around airports. now, already the airlines have said they don t want any 5g site turned off if it s within two miles of an airport because those cell sites, they fear, could interfere with radio altimeters on planes, critical technology if a plane is landing in bad weather. we understand the conversation is about creating a two-mile or three-mile buffer zone between any 5g cell site and airports nationwide. if that doesn t happen, if they don t come up with an agreement and they reach a deal, at midnight these 5g cell sites go live nationwide. if they are turned on around airports, the faa has already said pilots cannot use