After netting nearly twenty billion dollars in 270 rounds of bidding, the FCC yesterday officially stated that the 700Mhz spectrum auction is over. According to a statement (pdf) by FCC chief Kevin Martin, the auction took in almost twice the amount estimated. Specific winner details won't be released for another week or two, according to the commission. Martin takes a moment to pat himself on the back for a job well done:Lots has been made of Google's effort to ensure that the C-Block auction winner has to create a device-agnostic network, but as we've discussed previously, the conditions have plenty of loopholes for the smart attorneys at Verizon or AT&T to wiggle through. Whether the auction results in any substantive new services for broadband users remains to be seen. Some debate continues over the D block auction, which failed to net the minimum reserve bid.