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Re: Buildout
Exactly. Big whoop in 10 years they forfeit the rural areas they didn't want to serve anyway. Ouch. What a penalty. NOT.
These auction rules pretty much guarantee the status quo will continue and that there will be no competitor to Telco/Cable, and that rural areas will have the exact same options in 10 years they have now.... which is, pretty much, really slow dial-up or really expensive and still pretty sucky Satellite.
The 700 mhz frequencies and the dream for a third broadband system of fast wireless dies...
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| Here's another question: does mobile phone service qualify as buildout?
Here's my prediction of what will happen with this band: It'll be just another digital mobile phone band with better range and building penetration. Medium speed, severely restricted internet will be available on it in cities, just like now.
In fact it'll be exactly the same as now except you'll be able to get service on devices you didn't buy from them, but even this will be a rip off because they control the service. Buy the phone from us, hey we'll give you a deal, free activation and $50/month with contract. Approved third party devices, $200 activation and $75/month, and still a contract. Plus add-on charges for internet etc.
Waste all that high-profit bandwidth on broadband? Don't make them laugh. This is going to be a huge cash cow, just like the current cell services, and they know it. | |
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