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join:2002-03-03
Longport, NJ
kudos:5 | reply to sellithigh
Re: Auctions or Donations? said by sellithigh :Whoever is willing to pay the most for the spectrum should get it, but there should be use it or lose it requirements to prevent spectrum squatting.
So if Verizon and at&t are willing to pay more for the spectrum, let them have it as it is more money in the US Treasury, but if they fail to put it to use within 3 years, they lose it with no refund.
FCC shouldn't be able to favor smaller competitors in spectrum auctions. That would be tantamount to the government telling me I can't sell my house to Donald Trump who wants to pay me a million dollars for it because I have to sell it to average Joe who can only pay one hundred thousand.
The purpose of any auction is to get as much as you possibly can, anything else is more like requesting donations.
I agree. Especially about the use it or lose it requirement.
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 KrKHeavy Artillery For The Little GuyPremium
join:2000-01-17
Tulsa, OK | The thing is, you have to watch out for "token" usage (for example putting up one tower in an area that has one transponder in the middle of said frequency) and then claiming you met the "use it" requirement.
The rules would have to require true deployed usage or else forfeit.
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"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." -- Benito Mussolini
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KrKHeavy Artillery For The Little GuyPremium
join:2000-01-17
Tulsa, OK | Oh and no reselling it later for big $$$ either. You use it or LOSE it, not sell it! |
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CXM_SplicerLooking at the bigger picturePremium
join:2011-08-11
NYC
kudos:1 | reply to KrK
Yes, well business is King of finding and exploiting loopholes. Right or wrong... as long as it's legal! (and sometimes not even then) |
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