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Re: More deatils on the bidders
said by supergirl  :What the hell does the IHOP want with it? Wireless pancakes?  Read a little closer or look at the actual list:
there are a few interesting bidders such as Chevron and the International House of Pancakes (we're kidding about one of those)
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Google won't be buying it. They will only bid up to 4.5 billion and then drop out (its expected to sell for up to 10 billion). They lobbied long ago to make this an open network no matter who wins, and the deal was as long as its 4.5 billion, then it will be open. Thats what they want, then they can get their software on the phones that are sold, or at least give the customer the choice. Back when this took place everyone thought 4.5 would be alot, the value has gone up dramatically. Google was pretty smart about it, and they won't have to spend billions developing themselves as a network carrier, they don't want to win it, they just want it open. |
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$20 billion auction. Google could sell a few shares and buy it all. Google could then tell everyone that wants to charge them, like AT&T, "Ha, Ha, we own all that wireless spectrum now. By the way, you want to 'borrow' some? How about a $1 million a day?"
If Google really wants to smash cell cos, they should buy it all.
What the hell does the IHOP want with it? Wireless pancakes?
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