Sammer
join:2005-12-22
Canonsburg, PA
2 edits | reply to Trollhawk
Re: Will be interesting to see who won the C-Block
Speculation is that there were only two bidders for the 50 state package of the C block; Google who probably just wanted to meet the reserve and Verizon Wireless. There were additional bids for the individual REAGs after the reserve was met. The high price for the Mississippi Valley may reflect that someone (perhaps AT&T) didn't want anyone winning all eight REAGs of the package. |
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Trollhawk
join:2005-05-28
| The article states that there are loopholes for the likes of AT&T and Verizon, but seeing that bidding abruptly ended after the $4.6B threshold was met, I'm wondering if Google may have gotten stuck with the winning bid. I know a lot of people have been hoping for that to be the case, but if true, would that really be in Google's best interest? Even with their warchest of cash, could they build-out a network quick enough to meet the requirements? |
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