700 Mhz Spectrum Auction

[Mark]

I'm pretty indifferent the the entire thing, and here is why:
1.  It's the FCC no surprises they like big business, and the ruling
only makes any difference in one country.

2.  Cell phones won't magically change to a 700Mhz band, it could all
be bought up by crab people for all we know.

3.  If all the rules were passed the frequencies would have less
value.  Radio towers are expensive and you cannot charge people for
them.  Consumer electronics are cheap(to make) and people will pay for
them.  If a company isn't guaranteed profits from CE, then they have
less real incentive to put up towers.  (they still have service
charges).

4.  Nobody really restricts devices anyway they just use retail power
to push their phones. So point 3 because mostly irrelevant either way.

In an ideal situation this would create many new services with
innovative new devices, but in practice I wouldn't bet on it.  But I'm
not sure that it would actually work.  The only real benefit is to
content suppliers or advertisers for said content supplier.  Imagine a
cheap services with the latest devices and a Google add bar on every
page (im pretty sure thats what Google wants).  Time will tell if this
really makes any difference at all.

Just my opinion, but its pretty flame retardants.

On 8/1/07, Mischa Beitz <mischa at beitz.org> wrote:
> I'll second the "disappointed" verdict. But, then again, were we
> really expecting Commissioners Tate, McDowell and Martin to see the
> light and pursue the public interest instead of incumbent
> telco/cableco interests? Really?? The "compromise" struck will likely,
> as most FCC orders tend to, be litigated beyond recognition and
> ultimately maintain the status quo; i.e. domination by a small group
> of incumbents as deregulation proponents assure us all the while that
> anti-trust will protect us. I must admit, I was looking for a
> potential alternative broadband possibility and not with openmoko as
> much in mind.
>
> You'd think this would be a real win for openmoko . . . ha ha ha,
> whoah, let me catch my breath . . . let's wait and see the specific
> language of the order and then see what people think.
>
> On 8/1/07, Kyle Bassett <kylebassett at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I am disappointed.  I wanted the FCC to support "open networks" and "open
> > services" as well.  I really hope Google wins this thing...for the sake of
> > projects like ours.
> >
> > In today's society, we are at the mercy of Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, etc. in
> > terms what we are required to pay for mobile phone and internet access.  I
> > am not a fan of regulation myself (the reason I support open source
> > products) but by providing those 4 open requirements, I think it would
> > really help to cut down on some of these monopolies.
> >
> > Honestly, I feel it's ridiculous that this "utility" is not better managed.
> > So many great innovations would come from having an open mobile network
> > (that does not have a primary objective of making money).
> >
> >
> > -Kyle
> >
> >
> >
> > On 8/1/07, Dean Collins <Dean at cognation.net> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > The most important meeting probably globally regarding the future of
> > wireless communications happened yesterday.
> > >
> > http://deancollinsblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/700-mhz-spectrum-auction.html
> > >
> > > Any thoughts in the OpenMoko community?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Dean Collins
> > > Cognation Pty Ltd
> > > dean at cognation.net
> > > +1-212-203-4357 Ph
> > > +61-2-9016-5642 (Sydney in-dial).
> > >
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