The FCC Needs To Listen To Google

I was very pleased to see Google publicly wade into the upcoming FCC auctions for the 700MHz spectrum that will occur early next year. Should all go well, the new spectrum could be used to create a new open-access wireless broadband "pipe" into people's homes and devices. If things go less well, the existing wireless giants would buy the spectrum and impose similar usage restrictions that exist on cellular networks in the U.S. today, putting us further ... Full Story »

Posted by Kaizar Campwala
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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Jul 23, 2007 - 11:06 AM PDT
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by Kaizar Campwala - Oct. 1, 2008

A decent analysis, though not very in depth. In particular, the piece does not present the reader with the past record of incumbent telecoms in this sort of bidding.

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