Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Google: FCC chief may back open platform auction
>
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070710/bs_nm/google_fcc_dc
>
> Then came this:
>
> Debate heats up over open access spectrum rules
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| FCC Chairman Kevin Martin, in an interview with USA Today published Tuesday,
>| said he wants a "truly open broadband network" for the 700MHz spectrum
>| scheduled to be auctioned by early next year.
> `----
>
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070710/tc_infoworld/90094
>
> FCC is operated and moved by lobbyists, not brains.
>
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.
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