Congress close to green lighting spectrum auctions as Verizon and AT&T get ready to bid high
0. phoneArena posted on 17 Feb 2012, 21:16
Congress is said to be on the verge of approving auctions of more wireless spectrum which spectrum-starved carriers like Verizon and AT&T dearly need to keep up with ever increasing data usage by their smartphone clutching customers...
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1. theBankRobber posted on 17 Feb 2012, 21:54 2 0
2 things. 1 - I don't have cable or anything else and use regular TV everyday, why spend money every month to watch nothing on cable. 2 - if they do sell the spectrum then why the hell isn't Sprint getting on board to buy any? Maybe they have no money left after the down fail of wimax. I don't really know but Verizon and AT&T are going to be even bigger if only those 2 buy up the spectrum. No raoming agreements for 4g LTE means a problem years down the line for Sprint and smaller carriers.
3. chack_fu posted on 17 Feb 2012, 23:04 1 0
I believe Sprint sold off their towers/network years ago.
2. belovedson posted on 17 Feb 2012, 22:57 0 1
why doesnt the government lease the spectrum and simply monitor the activity by the different providers
7. roscuthiii posted on 18 Feb 2012, 09:23 2 0
Because than their would be an uproar of people screaming about the Constitution, Communism, censorship, Big Brother, freedom... all the usual fun stuff by the tin-foilers.
6. W.P._Android_in_that_Order posted on 18 Feb 2012, 02:05 1 0
TMo doesnt care. As part of the failed ATT merger, they won some spectrum from ATT.
8. dallas90733 posted on 18 Feb 2012, 10:34 0 0
I am wonder why LightSquared isn't on this and demand (since the FCC sold them some crappy spectrum) to switch spectrum or get their money back...lol
9. Stuticus posted on 19 Feb 2012, 11:33 0 0
Exactly. Why would the government sell the Spectrum to LightSquared, if they wern't going to let them use it? Not cool.
