BOHICA
@comcast.net
| Too late!
We the people have been swindled yet again.
Sure, the government got a few bazillion for OUR spectrum but T and VZ will quickly recover their purchases by increasing our wireless bills. I suspect we'll see a new line item shortly.
And with no competition in sight, we're still held hostage by the Evil Duo. God bless the telecorps! |
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Ed Whitacre
@charter.com
| Well, what's the big surprise here ? Have you noticed that in the US (vs other places) the "good" things comes in pairs? like major players?
ATT vs Verizon
Coca Cola vs Pepsi
P&G vs Colgate
Democrats vs. Republicans
Ford vs. Ford
Lowes vs Home Depot and so on....
Plenty of choice, right ? |
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EPS
join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA
| reply to BOHICA
Hm? T-Mobile, Sprint, Alltel, and the smaller carriers still exist, and you can give them your money (or not have a cell phone if you don't want to pay, plenty of people don't and do perfectly well)
Yes, T and VZ/VOD have the best spectrum positions in lower freqencies, but that doesn't mean the other carriers don't exist- Sprint for example still probably has more spectrum than either in key markets. T-Mobile will be rolling out 3G soon on AWS spectrum... |
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andyb
Premium
join:2003-05-29
SW Ontario
 ·TekSavvy Solutions..
·Bell Sympatico
| Minimum bids that start way obove any kind of money for smaller players makes things a bit unfair.Sure the big guys bought the national for the most part but leave something for the smaller players,like state only companies.
I'm Canadian and not sure how it works there but it seems very close to the duopoly shit we have here.It will only drive your bill up.It never goes down without competition. |
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EPS
join:2008-02-13
Hingham, MA
| The bid price is I think the biggest issue- also, the gap between when the companies can start making money and when they have to pay... in the recent auction, money was due immediately after the auction (as I recall there was one week), while they can't use the spectrum until it's vacated a year later... if you're a startup, not only do you have to pay exorbitant amounts of money, you have to convince whoever is backing you to not demand their money for a year until you can actually start making money... and in the current financial climate, how are you going to find backers to do that? |
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