axus
join:2001-06-18
Washington, DC | Who won?
I looked on their website, couldn't find it though. Interesting that the license for Mississippi Valley went for $1,625,930,000, I didn't think they were the most valuable block in the nation ;p |
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ShadowMastr
Master Of All Shadows
join:2001-09-01
Fort Pierce, FL
 ·AT&T Southeast
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·CenturyLink
| New services????
I think that the spectrum will be used to fill in gaps in plan offerings, companies being able to say "We offer that too" (not mentioning the limited area it would be offered in), and of course the obligatory nefarious government evil experiments against mankind  
New services??? Well..... I suppose we can be hopeful.... 
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BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
| reply to axus
Re: Who won?
said by axus  :I looked on their website, couldn't find it though. Interesting that the license for Mississippi Valley went for $1,625,930,000, I didn't think they were the most valuable block in the nation ;p They'll release that info soon just not yet. |
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gower2352
join:2005-06-08
Weston, WV | reply to ShadowMastr
Re: New services????
ooooo the FCC can get 20 billion dollars but can't deny or approve the XM Sirius merger. |
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Trollhawk
join:2005-05-28
| Will be interesting to see who won the C-Block
The article states that there are loopholes for the likes of AT&T and Verizon, but seeing that bidding abruptly ended after the $4.6B threshold was met, I'm wondering if Google may have gotten stuck with the winning bid. I know a lot of people have been hoping for that to be the case, but if true, would that really be in Google's best interest? Even with their warchest of cash, could they build-out a network quick enough to meet the requirements? |
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Eric Martin
join:2005-06-19
66308
| Congrats to QVC and the 700 club
They will be sharing this new spectrum with a successful joint bid. Qvc and the 700 club will immediately use the prized airwaves for their new religous & sales programming.
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The bidding system has once again proved successful. The person with the most money will get the prize and screw the users. Government gets a nice dime which will help fund the NEA. |
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Sammer
join:2005-12-22
Canonsburg, PA
2 edits | reply to Trollhawk
Re: Will be interesting to see who won the C-Block
Speculation is that there were only two bidders for the 50 state package of the C block; Google who probably just wanted to meet the reserve and Verizon Wireless. There were additional bids for the individual REAGs after the reserve was met. The high price for the Mississippi Valley may reflect that someone (perhaps AT&T) didn't want anyone winning all eight REAGs of the package. |
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53059959
Temp banned from BBR more then anyone
join:2002-10-02
PwnZone | reply to gower2352
Re: New services????
i'm sure if someone from sirius or xm bribed the fcc with 20 billion dollars, they couldn't be merged fast enough. |
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