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Re: Anonymous bidding is the fairest way to auction How about 'no' auction.
Create a national muni network using these freq.
No auction = low low cost. |
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| said by Eric Martin:How about 'no' auction. Create a national muni network using these freq. No auction = low low cost. With the government building & running it? No thanks.
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| said by fAcEtIOUs:With the government building & running it? No thanks. with the current status of broadband as controlled by the incumbents (high prices, slow speeds, lack of innovation), I hardly see how the government could do a worse job.
of course, I certainly wouldn't want it to be the government we have right now - they couldn't even run a Quickie Mart without ruining it (can you say "new orleans"?).
Delay the auction until we get a democratic president. |
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said by fAcEtIOUs:said by Eric Martin:How about 'no' auction. Create a national muni network using these freq. No auction = low low cost. With the government building & running it? No thanks. I'd rather have that than companies who could care less about anything but profit doing it 
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Miami, FL | reply to Eric Martin
No, any more muni network talk is irrelevant, it does not work, it's not profitable, and ran by government?
Please, I can't even trust them to keep my social security number safe.
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North Andover, MA | It doesn't work because why? The wifi projects are failing, (thought still in their early infancy) but the muni networks have been doing just fine.
The government has been successful at things in the past. If they were to just offer the network and have private enterprise offering the service over it, that would be ideal. |
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Michieru2zzz zzz zzzPremium
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Miami, FL | Coverage, penetration, interference.
I am also referring to Muni-WiFi, not Muni-land based networks. Either way this thread is about wireless spectrum, so it's safe to assume that we are referring to Muni-WiFi and not DSL/Fiber/Cable based operations.
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Non sequitur, much? As I recall, the mayor of a city doesn't have the authority to give orders to FEMA, or to reinstate the levee repair funds that were cut from the federal budget a year before Katrina. |
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One argument in favor of it would be that it could basically be run on the money saved by efficiency increases. Think of replacing all government telephone lines with VoIP, all cell phones, Blackberries, etc.. They run similar systems in some cities and rural areas: the service is paid for by public safety uses, and government access, and left open for civilian use at no charge. |
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