The Ghost In The Machine <ewill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
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> wrote
> on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 17:38:47 +0100
><118437122.B6fh2BBMcV@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> ____/ waterskidoo on Wednesday 11 July 2007 16:53 : \____
>>
>>>>
>>>> The issue of "auctioning" spectrum is interesting, though. Maximises
>>>> revenue for the government, but ensures that small players will not get
>>>> a look-in, so in the long-run, is probably anti-competitive.
>>>
>>> I heard this on PBS news yesterday and I don't get it.
>>> They want to auction off frequency spectrum, mostly for cell
>>> phone use to the highest bidder but yet at the same time
>>> they want to keep it *open* (their word) for all to use.
>>> Like Google and Yahoo, which were the examples they gave.
>>>
>>> I'm not sure I understand.
>>> FWIW the FCC is a corrupt, incompetent organization and
>>> it has been that way for years.
>>
>> It's a Fed org. It with the government. Monkey see, monkey do.
>>
>
> $s/k//g
>
>:-)
Argg - I first read that as $s/m/g/g, and was wondering what a gonkey
was :-))
Doh!
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