“The US agency expected 3G and 4G data to surge 35 times higher in the next five years and need another 300MHz of spectrum that would cost $120 billion,” Electronista reports. “The value is more than twice as much as what was paid for extra frequency access in 2008.”
Electronista reports, “Chairman Julius Genachowski suggested that the increase in use might be conservative, since the results that underpinned the conclusion appeared ahead of the ‘iPad boom,’ he said.”
Read more in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “James W.” for the heads up.]
Somebody in .gov gets it.
Somebody in .gov gets it.
iPad Boom?!
BOOM!
That’s right.
iPad Boom?!
BOOM!
That’s right.
Is this where Apple will “buy” into da iSpectrum?
$51 Billion in Cash stashed away!!!!!
Apple will have control
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Buy AAPL stocks … 2011 = $401+
Is this where Apple will “buy” into da iSpectrum?
$51 Billion in Cash stashed away!!!!!
Apple will have control
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Buy AAPL stocks … 2011 = $401+
yes..owning the airwaves..the final piece in total vertical integration.
yes..owning the airwaves..the final piece in total vertical integration.
Now we know what Stevie is hoarding all the profit for! Just buy your own spectrum and you don’t have to worry about carriers.
Now we know what Stevie is hoarding all the profit for! Just buy your own spectrum and you don’t have to worry about carriers.
Welcome to the iNetwork.
Welcome to the iNetwork.
Or a string of satellites to girdle the globe with BS-free connection.
Or a string of satellites to girdle the globe with BS-free connection.
Yet some will still claim that cable/DSL/fiber have a ‘monopoly’ and should be turned into a ‘municipal utility’.
Long live competition.
Yet some will still claim that cable/DSL/fiber have a ‘monopoly’ and should be turned into a ‘municipal utility’.
Long live competition.
Do you realize what the consumer cost would be to pay back the investment plus profit to a company for buying that spectrum? Our costs would be exorbitant as well.
Do you realize what the consumer cost would be to pay back the investment plus profit to a company for buying that spectrum? Our costs would be exorbitant as well.
Silverhawk
Not necessarily. It doesn’t take much of the spectrum for each company to provide the services needed.
Notice the small chunks that cover a vast amount of services.
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/osmhome/allochrt.pdf
Silverhawk
Not necessarily. It doesn’t take much of the spectrum for each company to provide the services needed.
Notice the small chunks that cover a vast amount of services.
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/osmhome/allochrt.pdf
A license to use a chunk of spectrum is customarily granted (i.e., sold for big money) to several carriers. It is the protocols and the handshaking that governs the usage of the individual channels.
A license to use a chunk of spectrum is customarily granted (i.e., sold for big money) to several carriers. It is the protocols and the handshaking that governs the usage of the individual channels.
@ TT
Where I live there is one DSL provider (which isn’t available to the public) whose service is rebranded as AT&T, etc. There is one cable company, Charter. Satellite is not viable alternative because it covers fewer than half of the households (only the ones on south facing slopes that don’t have too many trees). It sure looks like a monopoly to me, especially given what I have to pay compared to my friends pay who live in urban areas where there is competition.
On the other hand, there is no fiber, so it can’t be a monopoly.
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@ TT
Where I live there is one DSL provider (which isn’t available to the public) whose service is rebranded as AT&T, etc. There is one cable company, Charter. Satellite is not viable alternative because it covers fewer than half of the households (only the ones on south facing slopes that don’t have too many trees). It sure looks like a monopoly to me, especially given what I have to pay compared to my friends pay who live in urban areas where there is competition.
On the other hand, there is no fiber, so it can’t be a monopoly.
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Do these auctions give the ISPs possession of the spectrum to do with as they please? If so, that’s the problem. Why not keep the spectrum,(as in We The People) and license the ISPs to use it as we see fit? Less money for us but more satisfaction in the long run.