http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r18377427 en Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:58:25 EDT Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:58:25 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18379693 RadioDoc : Granted, the Wireless Bureau's sky is definitely a different color than most, but I see nothing in Google's proposal that indicates any greater foothold in reality.
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Toolmaster of La Grange.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18379693 Tue, 22 May 2007 20:55:38 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18379549 calvoiper : I think Google is trying to address the weird combination of "Ph.D" and "NIH" (Not Invented Here) disease that gave us the super screwy PCS auctions, and has only slightly improved for subsequent frequency allocations.

I take no position on the Google proposal; my comments are limited to the "anything has to be better than what we've seen," approach.

calvoiper
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VoIP--the death knell of remaining voice monopolies!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18379549 Tue, 22 May 2007 20:36:50 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18377745 RadioDoc : I'm not sure what disease Google is trying to cure, except for an aching desire to stick their nose into yet another business. They are hardly a charitable organization, and this is all about them making (even more) money.

How does the Google model address any perceived efficiency deficiency?

added: I read the proposal. It doesn't address much of anything. In fact the proponents trotted out all of the usual suspects to justify it: Rural deployment, lower cost of entry, "competition" with wireline carriers, etc. About the only thing I didn't see in that kitchen sink was "do it for the chil....dren".

Reed Hundt backs it. That's all the reason you need not to.

One funny aside, Google wants your Wireless device to participate in realtime auctions just to get on the network. Maybe that would alleviate some of the data cap nonsense...you keep bidding until you get a channel. Someone outbids you, you're offline.
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Toolmaster of La Grange.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18377745 Tue, 22 May 2007 15:16:12 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18377427 calvoiper : Anybody has to be able to design an efficient auction better than the FCC. May as well give Google's proposal a try.

calvoiper
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VoIP--the death knell of remaining voice monopolies!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18377427 Tue, 22 May 2007 14:27:41 EDT