Comments on: FCC auction bidders named

Google is one of several nontraditional communications companies planning to bid on 700MHz wireless spectrum. But at this point it's really anyone's game.

[suyts2]

Lots of names

lots of money. This should be interesting.

[chash360]

Beginning of the end, again...

Inspite of hundreds of papers and reccomendations, the FCC is wringing its hands, in anticipation of huge bids for spectrum. Nevermind this finite, limited resource belongs to all of us, and should be managed in a cost effective way that will benefit everyone. No, it gets sold to the highest bidder. Which in turn will get sold to the consumer, obscenely inflated, to line big telco pockets, and invent new ways to gouge us. And again their will be no freedom on the airwaves. No interactive communication (unless you pay through the nose for it), ensuring the only free communication is the major media propoganda machine, spewing out their garbage, with there ears and eyes firmly closed to the public. We complain about our politicians and leaders but we will not get better politicians and leaders until the communication system in this country is freed from massive corperate control. The Internet could have almost achieved this but the corperate interests got involved, and have worked desparately against this free interactive comminication system, and will continue to do so using familiar tactics (pornography, terrorism, etc.) A nation wide wireless internet infrastructure could achieve truly free communication (minimal network medium/wires to maintain) because devices provide the service, not some people or company. There could be just 1 degree of separation from content consumer to content provider, eliminating the useless middle-man role of an ISP. How long will the American public have to pay, and pay, and pay to have use of this spectrum. Make no mistake the 700MHz spectrum was ideal for making a nation wide wireless Internet infrastructure, and if sold, you will have to pay to use it, thats how they keep control. If it were free, then poor people might have a voice, which is bad for corrupt politics. This was our last chance at free communication, again they go down the dark path, and forever will it rule all of our destinii...What propoganda will they broadcast across the country next time, another 9/11, call to war for more oil? What news will they suppress?, clean cheap energy?, evidence of political corruption?, administrative treason? or just the truth about their lies? Public support is bought and sold with airwaves, and media propoganda, until we change the system, you can be certain of only one truth: it was paid for with your hard earned dollars. FYI: when they start to shut down the citizens band, and ameteur HAM Radio bands, expect martial law to soon follow, these were some of the first and last unliscensed long distance communication bands that are free to use.

Free the Airwaves! Free the People!

[shygeek]

RE: Beginning of The End, Again

I disagree with chash360 only on one point, that
the airwaves do not belong to the public at large.
They belong to and are controlled by the FCC with
the blessing of the Feds. This is why radio and
tv channels are bought and sold at will by large
conglomerates for obscene amounts of money and do
not have to address the needs of the public.
This is why in February of 2009 analog tv will
no longer exist and one must buy a converter box
to access over the air broadcasts. And I could go
on and on but I'm sure you see the point I am
trying to make. Realize that radio and tv stations
are owned by just a handfull of companies and why
must one subscribe to satellite or cable to get
a wide variety of programming because all the
regular channels carry are "judge" shows, "baby's
daddy" shows, and supposedly "reality" shows, along with "talk" shows. Like chash360 wrote,
the channels/spectrum are available to the highest
bidder and the public-be-dammed, and there really
isn't anything we can do about it.
Years ago then FCC Chairman Newton Minnow call tv
"a vast wasteland". And to this day that perception has not changed.

[Quemannn]

If Google wins "C" block

If Google wins, we will see a sea change in the mobile world. If not, we will be stuck in 2.5G.