http://www.dslreports.com/forum/So-far-behind-the-curve-19293552 en Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:45:01 EDT Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:45:01 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-So-far-behind-the-curve-19294212 said by calvoiper:

ATT realizes that it can't compete in an open new wireless market--it's a hopeless dinosaur incapable of recognizing and bringing to market new ideas in time to win market share. Therefore, it must control the spectrum, which controls the market, to succeed.

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What it means is that under the auction rules, if the "open access" part of the 700mhz spectrum doesn't garner a bid north of $4.9 billion, the spectrum will be pulled off the market and then rebid without the "open access" rules. So I suspect Verizon & AT&T will hold back unless some other big money company(Google ??) bids on it. Only then will they step in if they have to.
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First, ATT realizes that it can't compete in an open new wireless market--it's a hopeless dinosaur incapable of recognizing and bringing to market new ideas in time to win market share. Therefore, it must control the spectrum, which controls the market, to succeed.

Second, ATT is totally abandoning the concept of common carriage--they only want your wireless device to carry what they allow. While this may seem to be part of this developing market, think where we'd be if ATT had only allowed phone calls to the ATT owned grocery store, the ATT owned flower shop, the ATT owned pizza parlor, etc. We'd be looking at a very different economy.

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