TKJunkMail
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|  Google has an easy choice - win the bid and set own rules
If Google wants to make sure the auctioned off spectrum is "consumer friendly" according to Google's interpretation, all they have to do is bid enough money to win the auction. Then they can set their own rules. And they have enough cash laying around to win it if they want to.
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nasadude
join:2001-10-05
Rockville, MD
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1 edit | said by TKJunkMail  :... all they have to do is bid enough money to win the auction. Then they can set their own rules. ... this is true. The preferable (from a competition point of view) approach would be to put conditions (open access, etc.)on the spectrum, so no matter who wins there would likely be some new competition.
However, I would love to see Google outbid the telcos, but they start at an extreme disadvantage unless they don't care about recouping their investment in the spectrum. The telcos have the advantage of the "lock out" premium - there is the value of locking out competition over and above the nominal business value. If the telcos keep any competitors from winning spectrum, it's worth billions to then in monopoly profits.
that's actually the dirty little secret of this (and every other recent) auction and why the current rules are highly unlikely to result in any new competition (unless Google doesn't mind throwing away money). |
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axus
join:2001-06-18
Washington, DC | reply to TKJunkMail
Or they could try lobbying us and the FCC like Verizon does?
As a US citizen, I am a partial owner of all the spectrum in my country, and I support the ideas that Google has about the ways it should be licensed. |
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Neyland
join:2003-02-04
USA
| said by axus :Or they could try lobbying us and the FCC like Verizon does? As a US citizen, I am a partial owner of all the spectrum in my country, and I support the ideas that Google has about the ways it should be licensed. The problem is as a US citizen and a partial owner of all the spectrum in your country, you don't have any real input.
Now that would be something though.. an elected FCC chairman... |
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RARPSL
join:1999-12-08
Suffern, NY
| said by Neyland :The problem is as a US citizen and a partial owner of all the spectrum in your country, you don't have any real input. Now that would be something though.. an elected FCC chairman... There is always H. B. Piper's "A Planet for Texans" solution for Crocked Politicians. Under that system, Politicians are required to represent the interests of EVERY individual constituent. If a constituent disagrees with the actions of the Politician they have the LEGAL right/duty to register their disagreement face-to-face without any interference from 3rd parties. After the constituent has demonstrated their views, the Politician (or their Political Cronies if they are no longer able to themself) can bring charges in the "Court of Political Justice" of using excessive means to register the disapproval. At that time, the Court looks at the Politician’s actions and decides if they warranted the means used to register the disapproval. |
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