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Discussion about the rules is on the May agenda
02:03PM Saturday Apr 26 2008 by KathrynV
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FCC Chief Kevin Martin has announced that the FCC’s May agenda includes discussion of what to do with the D-Block spectrum which failed to sell at the 700 MHz auction earlier this year. The discussion will review all of the rules associated with auctioning the public safety spectrum including whether it is necessary to lower the reserve price in order for a sale to take place. It will also take a close look at allegations regarding pre-auction meetings that Cyren Call (which is the Public Safety Spectrum Trust’s advisor) reportedly engaged in, a matter that is also being reviewed by Congress. This discussion is the first step towards re-auctioning the D-block spectrum, a move which may happen later this year.

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Dude
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How about

Why not just give it away to Public Safety? We would be happy to have it
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Re: How about

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Why not just give it away to Public Safety? We would be happy to have it
that's what I don't get. The FCC made twice as much off the auction as they expected, $20B; the reserve price of the D block was only $1.3B or something like that.

if a public safety use for this spectrum is critical, why in the hell doesn't the government just GIVE the spectrum to the public safety community? Sometimes our government is so stupid it boggles the mind.

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Re: How about

Agreed.... It would be nice to have radios that actually work in buidlings

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A much more important question: when will be Martin and his predecessor investigated and tried?
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