http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Now-that-BPL-21621163 en Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:17:49 EDT Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:17:49 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Now-that-BPL-21621741
This isn't a government run operation. It is privately run. It isn't paid for by the government. There are conditions attached to the spectrum(build out requirements and 25% of bandwidth allocated to the free service (a for pay service would be possible with the rest) and there would be 5% of gross revenue paid to the treasury, similar to the way broadcast television works.

If it fails the taxpayer is not going to be paying to build out the network. The taxpayer is not going to be paying anything to build out the network at any point. The government is not funding the build out of the network. The government is setting conditions for the auction. Beyond this private organizations will be building and running the network, just as for other auctions.

Conservatives don't like it because they want all spectrum auctioned off to the highest bidder without any conditions, which favors only the incumbents, a policy they call letting the free market decide. If we really want the free market deciding it why does the government auction this off in the first place, we should simply abolish all government spectrum control and rules and let the market determine how the various interests will be balanced.

We have had a great deal of other prime spectrum auctioned off to the highest bidder without conditions. This spectrum is taking a different approach. Opponents don't want a different approach used for ANY spectrum, not surprising since the main approach we have been using favors them immensely.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Re-Now-that-BPL-21621741 Mon, 22 Dec 2008 14:40:11 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/Now-that-BPL-21621163 --
I am quite sure now that often, very often, in matters concerning religion and politics a man's reasoning powers are not above the monkey's.
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