 | | How Much Is "Too Much?" I'd say any time a company is not using what they've already got, and can't come up with a reasonable justification as to why they're not (e.g.: "We need this other spectrum to be able to develop this other bit we already have") without provoking snorts of derision, then they should be required to return the unused spectrum upon which they've been squatting before they're allowed to bid on or buy more.
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kudos:1 | Re: How Much Is "Too Much?" said by jseymour:I'd say any time a company is not using what they've already got, and can't come up with a reasonable justification as to why they're not (e.g.: "We need this other spectrum to be able to develop this other bit we already have") without provoking snorts of derision, then they should be required to return the unused spectrum upon which they've been squatting before they're allowed to bid on or buy more.
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Assuming you realize that a lot of these companies are doing just that, sitting on unused spectrum. At least AT&T has plans to use it, but it can take years to put it into use and FCC regulations don't help speed that along.
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Chicago, IL | Re: How Much Is "Too Much?" said by Mizzat:said by jseymour:I'd say any time a company is not using what they've already got, and can't come up with a reasonable justification as to why they're not (e.g.: "We need this other spectrum to be able to develop this other bit we already have") without provoking snorts of derision, then they should be required to return the unused spectrum upon which they've been squatting before they're allowed to bid on or buy more.
Jim
Assuming you realize that a lot of these companies are doing just that, sitting on unused spectrum. At least AT&T has plans to use it, but it can take years to put it into use and FCC regulations don't help speed that along. ATT has no plans to use it.
They are sitting on it for the future to maybe use it, to sell it, or to hoard to prevent competition.
Wireless is the future. Whatever the price is today to buy the spectrum is worth it. When you are super rich like ATT they will buy all they can get away with to ensure they are supreme leader of the wireless spectrum.
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Madison, AL | Spending spree? Or hoarding spree? | |
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united state | Re: Spending spree? said by SunnyD:Or hoarding spree?
Wait, isn't there a show for people that hoard crap? | |
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| | What did anyone expect? After the T-Mo merger was shot down, did anyone expect big T to not go after more spectrum? And the FCC shouldn't be in the business of restraining trade. If they want to put some type of usage requirement on spectrum sales, then fine, just don't limit any companies success. | |
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| | | Re: What did anyone expect? If spectrum were some sort of private resource, I'd agree with you, but it isn't. It's owned by the public, it's finite, and it's only leased to these companies. They do not own it; we do, so I think it is entirely appropriate for there to be public policy decisions as to how it's used and how much of it a single company can have. We tried the unlimited ownership approach with radio and TV, and look what we have: a wasteland of cookie-cutter stations all owned by only a few huge companies that don't care one bit about the communities they're supposed to be serving. | |
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| | | | Re: What did anyone expect? the same thing just happened in Toledo. one of the CBS stations bought a Fox station, run the same shit 24/7. The only thing that's different is the national TV shows. Same news reports, etc. It's a bunch of BS. So now in a 50mile radius 1 station controls 50% of the market. | |
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| | | let's look at the scoreboard shall we?:
coporate states of america = success
middle class = poor house
it's not just PERCEPTION that makes this true, actions speak louder than words. | |
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| | Stupid of CentLink If Cent Link was smart they'd be out using that specturm that AT&T wants. Why not use it to deploy faster internet speeds and kill off spending all that $$$ on the copper networks. Wireless is faster to deploy on spectrum you already own and is probably in use. But instead, they'll never be smart enough to do that because they don't want to deal with the unions. | |
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| Re: Stupid of CentLink CenturyHell has tried for YEARS to get a mobile strategy and they just can't figure it out because they have to COMPETE. They would rather rip off old grandmas out in the sticks with being a rural incumbant with no other choices.
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| | | | Re: Stupid of CentLink I did not state a mobile strategy. They could use that spectrum and actually do a fixed wireless network for Internet. it does NOT need to be mobile. Could be similar to VZW's Home product. and it could work.
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Tulsa, OK | Re: Stupid of CentLink if it was any other company but CenturyHell it could work.
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| ??!!! When the hell is the FCC and DOJ gonna wake up from the deregulation of 2000 - 2006?? Blocking the tmobile deal was barely a brain fart..
The duopoly madness continues.. let's be clear about what's at stake.. this is not just frequencies, but geography and customer base.. AT&T controls wireline in 24 states while wireless in all 50 states, while Verizon has almost as much. The rest? Barely a blip.. these two companies extrete turds bigger than all the rest of the wireless companies put together..
What did AT&T do with Bell South & Cingular- but break promises in that merger! Buying spectrum and co-marketing comes with fewer strings attached and further reduces competition. it also moves the goalposts further away from fair prices for wireless data. | |
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| | | Re: ??!!! and where is your beloved Google at fighting for your rights on this as they claimed?
The FCC has no grounds to say shit if they were smart, a simple law suit would shut them up on all kinds of fronts. DOJ is just as bad, they don't give a damn and have more pressing issues that to but their happy asses in the middle of who covers what area with Wireless service.
And you are free to select any other company for wireless services. And Just because ATT services 24 states for wireline service, be glad that they do, in many of those states, they can just notify you and the state that they're shutting down the networks and start pulling copper. Hell in many of those 24 states. ATT is NOT even regulated by the state any more if you bundle your products. You don't need gov't regulation, you need companies that wish to compete and actually provide a service. If half of the people on this site actually did that and stood up against ATT, Comcast and everyone else, they'd be farther off than just bitching on here. Hell they could form a co-op and half the country would have FTTH by now. But oh wait- that makes sense. | |
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| Re: ??!!! When the economy tanked, all investment slowed to a trickle.. and is no longer slated for new expansions in cable, or telco wireline (except google, small munis and stimulus funds to minor carriers). Now all of a sudden there's BILLIONS to be had with wireless construction... provisionally that these carriers of AT&T and Verizon have free reign to charge and do what they like RE: eliminating competition and duopolizing the marketplace-- aka deregulation...
and let's take a nice long look at that...
how's it working for the average middle class consumer?
should this practice continue-- will more than one of these: sprint, tmobile and metro still be around in 5 years? | |
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EARTH | Good fit That spectrum is a good fit, as they could light it up and have users on it tomorrow, unlike the WCS spectrum, which is a long term play. | |
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