FCC, Dish Spar Over Dish LTE Plans FCC Insists Dish Plan Would Imperil H Block Wednesday Nov 28 2012 08:33 EDT Tipped by Dude9 Dish and the FCC are engaged in continued public fisticuffs over the FCC's plan to allow Dish to build an LTE network -- with serious conditions. As we noted last week, the FCC appears poised to grant Dish waivers that would allow Dish to use AWS-4 spectrum for LTE -- without having to adhere to spectrum conditions requiring the build out of satellite phone service. However, the FCC says they may impose power limits on the lower end of Dish's spectrum to prevent interference with the H Block. Dish has spent the week complaining about the move, issuing a press release saying the "flawed" plan could delay the network build and risk job creation: quote:
“While the FCC’s proposed order, based on reported accounts, does properly address some of the opportunities with this spectrum, it’s significantly flawed by introducing serious limitations that impair its utility,” said R. Stanton Dodge, DISH executive vice president and general counsel. “While the FCC would grant full terrestrial rights, its proposal to lower our power and emissions levels could cripple our ability to enter the business.
The FCC has yet to release (or even vote on) the full plan, so full details aren't available -- but the agency did a little sniping of their own via Bloomberg: quote:
"In arguing that the commission should destroy the value of the H block, Dish is seeking to take a public asset potentially worth billions of dollars and turn it into a private windfall,” Justin Cole, an FCC spokesman, said in an e-mailed statement.
Rumblings among lobbying folks I talk to suggests that after keeping T-Mobile alive by blocking the AT&T deal, and the creation of a stronger Sprint by the acquisition by SoftBank, the FCC feels there's now plenty of wireless competition -- so they can push hard here to maximize the money made by government off of this spectrum. FCC boss Julius Genachowski clearly wants his legacy to be "the guy who saved wireless from the spectrum crisis," even if it's becoming increasingly clear that there was never much of a crisis. There's also continued belief in some quarters that Dish may be lying about their LTE interests simply to jack up their spectrum value -- before just selling it to AT&T. |
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2012-Nov-28 10:15 am
FCCAs spelled out by DISH ex-parte filing on 11/26 to FCC, the point of the FCC desire to maximize revenues with an auction is not legal. The Telecom act states that the FCC is not allowed to use maximizing public revenue as primary reason to drive telecom policy. DISH will gets its approval with conditions and then sue the crap out of the FCC, tying this up in courts for a long time. That is their modus operandi. They can still act strategically with the approval they obtain and just hold out as the spectrum goes up in value over time. F | |
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2012-Nov-28 12:11 pm
Re: FCCsaid by CL :As spelled out by DISH ex-parte filing on 11/26 to FCC, the point of the FCC desire to maximize revenues with an auction is not legal. The Telecom act states that the FCC is not allowed to use maximizing public revenue as primary reason to drive telecom policy. DISH will gets its approval with conditions and then sue the crap out of the FCC, tying this up in courts for a long time. That is their modus operandi. They can still act strategically with the approval they obtain and just hold out as the spectrum goes up in value over time. F
The FCC is again wading hip deep in to a controversy as they push for money in an auction. They did the same stupid thing with Lightsquared and they are doing it all over again with Dish. | |
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2012-Nov-28 10:47 am
Be careful what you ask for.Karl,
Ya gotta be kidding? More of the same that is not as responsive as cell - which is not very responsive or responsible by the way - and is utterly useless in some weather conditions.
I can see it now. Lovely to look at, easy to hold, outrageously expensive, over taxed, and not worth a damn wrapped in a two year contract. I have digital; I dropped the poor performing cell which is only slightly worse than the poor performing bundled telco digital phone.
Neither one does the outstanding job POTS did. And wasn't it awful that TELCO was responsible for their lousy installations and was expected to fix it? Not so today.
In the past we always hoped and prayed in a medical emergency if the phone did not work, the car would start and the roads wouldn't be packed with ice and 18" of snow. Today we can count on the telco Voip and satellite to not work in bad weather because there is no signal.
In Illinois my "no tax" governor is already licking his chops over a proposed 15% tax only on rural satellite dish users. It's the same tax on smart phones. I'm rural. I cannot pull a radio signal in my house except by satellite. I receive the "last house" washed out cable signal that will never improve. The same speed cable bundle w/ net and phone is about $40 more per month than phone and internet plus Dish -- even though cable and telco share the same FIOS in the same telco owned CO. | |
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