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andyb
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Re: Too late!

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.

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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