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Minneapolis, MN | TNR? Really, Karl? You're citing the partisans at TNR now?
All that's being proposed is that more of the spectrum be offered up for use via the fairest way to distribute it- by auction.
If the rural carriers need more bandwidth / spectrum, they only need buy it at the market rate.
Supply and demand- you've heard of the concept, no? |
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Re: TNR? Really, Karl? If the rural carriers need more bandwidth / spectrum, they only need buy it at the market rate. |
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Distribute it by auction so all can fairly bid right?
Lets see, last time I checked:
- The person with the most money wins an auction.
- Monopolistic companies will burn money for the simple reason to prevent competition.
So I guess fair to you is to give AT&T and Verizon all the spectrum for a few dollars more than what their biggest "competitors" can spend and then the "free market" has worked it's wonder. Take note, I use the word competitors very loosely there. |
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dynodbPremium,VIP
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Minneapolis, MN | said by Skippy25:Distribute it by auction so all can fairly bid right?
Lets see, last time I checked:
- The person with the most money wins an auction.
- Monopolistic companies will burn money for the simple reason to prevent competition.
So I guess fair to you is to give AT&T and Verizon all the spectrum for a few dollars more than what their biggest "competitors" can spend and then the "free market" has worked it's wonder. Take note, I use the word competitors very loosely there.
Nobody is proposing that the FCC "give" AT&T or Verizon spectrum.
As the two largest providers with the lion's share of the market, is it really so untoward that they'd be buying the most spectrum at auction in an era where demand has grown tremendously?
In spectrum there is a limited (by physics no less!) supply. An open auction is the fairest way to distribute such a commodity. Government officials deciding which of their most favored campaign contributors get it... not so much.
If it can be proven that the big providers are engaging in monopolistic practices for the sole purpose of quashing competition, that can be dealt with. What's being complained about here is speculation on what might happen should everybody be given a fair shot at bidding for spectrum. |
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How about this... we auction it off but AT&T and Verizon is excluded from being able to bid? Would you agree to those terms? |
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If you really believe this stuff then you sir are a comedian of great renown. What's being complained about here is speculation on what might happen should everybody be given a fair shot at bidding for spectrum. |
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