http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r19944328 en Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:17:52 EDT Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:17:52 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19946337 TKJunkMail : [att=1]

All the bids after Round 17 have been for 1 of the regional groupings instead of for the whole country.

]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19946337 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 16:43:49 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19944328 axus : I don't think they get to bid again, they just win the blocks with the open access requirement.

The reason it makes sense to do it that way, is to save 100 million dollars or so. They could have placed a higher bid on the whole block, but they'd have to bid in increments, say $130 million more. If they can win with just a $30 million overbid, they saved some money.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19944328 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 10:53:53 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19944210 Matt : I didn't understand why Verizon would bid more for regional blocks than Google bid for the national C block, but this makes it clear:

It's a savvy strategy, because under FCC rules, if the regional bids top the bids for the C block, that block must be split up and apportioned to the highest bidder or bidders. By the end of Tuesday, the regional bids added up to $4.74 billion, about $30 million more than the current total for the C block.

So, Verizon may win the regional blocks, then get to bid again on the C block with no open access rules.

Nice.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,19944210 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 10:28:47 EDT