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ob1 · 03-21-2008

From a standpoint of contests -- especially the athletic and political kind -- typically the second prize winner is often forgotten. But the second prize in the US Federal Communications Commission's 700 MHz auction, which ended on Wednesday, was not exactly dinner for two at Applebee's: AT&T will pay $6.636 billion to purchase 227 licenses to deploy services nationwide on the "B-block."

The "B-block" is comprised of two segments of 6 MHz of bandwidth each, presently known as Channels 53 and 58 on your UHF TV dial. AT&T was the huge winner in the B-block auction, and had already placed provisionally winning bids (PWBs) as early as round 26 of 261. The most expensive regional license for AT&T was for conducting B-block services for customers in New York City and Newark, New Jersey, which sold for $884.7 million in round 26.The details of the auction bids, released only yesterday by the FCC, appear to reveal that Verizon Wireless -- the big winner of C-block, with the largest chunks of contiguous bandwidth (two segments of 11 MHz each) -- may not have battled it out with AT&T after all, and vice versa. Both carriers may have agreed, or may have simply resolved among themselves, to keep their sights set on separate goals. In fact, there may never have been many real contests at all during the whole auction, despite the 261 rounds.

Google Airwaves Inc. won absolutely nothing, though according to the FCC, it never posted any PWBs. So despite the attention it helped cast on the auction, mostly for helping to incite a change in the rules making C-block winners open their networks for open access to customers' choices of devices, it may never have actually placed a meaningful bid -- meaning, one that was high enough to qualify as the highest received so far.
As little as Google ended up doing in the auction, it had little to say about the matter yesterday, either. "One thing is clear," reads a statement yesterday from two of its general counsel, "although Google didn't pick up any spectrum licenses, the auction produced a major victory for American consumers."

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Full Article: BetaNews | How AT&T, Google, and Dish Network fared in the 700 MHz auction
News Source: BetaNews | Inside Information; Unreleased Products

Thender · 03-21-2008

I don't know Greek, but this is damn close!

harmany · 03-22-2008

say that again ob1

lilyvon schtupp · 03-24-2008

why would they want this when everything is going digital next year
or am i not understanding how digital works

will stations still be using the same channels and radio bandwidiths to broadcast in digital?

03-21-2008	#1
ob1 Sith Chef Listens: Z92 - Mornings Join Date: May 2005 Location: CBIA Age: 38 Posts: 5,813	How AT&T, Google, and Dish Network fared in the 700 MHz auction From a standpoint of contests -- especially the athletic and political kind -- typically the second prize winner is often forgotten. But the second prize in the US Federal Communications Commission's 700 MHz auction, which ended on Wednesday, was not exactly dinner for two at Applebee's: AT&T will pay $6.636 billion to purchase 227 licenses to deploy services nationwide on the "B-block." The "B-block" is comprised of two segments of 6 MHz of bandwidth each, presently known as Channels 53 and 58 on your UHF TV dial. AT&T was the huge winner in the B-block auction, and had already placed provisionally winning bids (PWBs) as early as round 26 of 261. The most expensive regional license for AT&T was for conducting B-block services for customers in New York City and Newark, New Jersey, which sold for $884.7 million in round 26.The details of the auction bids, released only yesterday by the FCC, appear to reveal that Verizon Wireless -- the big winner of C-block, with the largest chunks of contiguous bandwidth (two segments of 11 MHz each) -- may not have battled it out with AT&T after all, and vice versa. Both carriers may have agreed, or may have simply resolved among themselves, to keep their sights set on separate goals. In fact, there may never have been many real contests at all during the whole auction, despite the 261 rounds. Google Airwaves Inc. won absolutely nothing, though according to the FCC, it never posted any PWBs. So despite the attention it helped cast on the auction, mostly for helping to incite a change in the rules making C-block winners open their networks for open access to customers' choices of devices, it may never have actually placed a meaningful bid -- meaning, one that was high enough to qualify as the highest received so far. As little as Google ended up doing in the auction, it had little to say about the matter yesterday, either. "One thing is clear," reads a statement yesterday from two of its general counsel, "although Google didn't pick up any spectrum licenses, the auction produced a major victory for American consumers." --- Full Article: BetaNews \| How AT&T, Google, and Dish Network fared in the 700 MHz auction News Source: BetaNews \| Inside Information; Unreleased Products

03-21-2008	#2
Thender Always riding the ragged edge of disaster. Listens: Z92 - Mornings Join Date: May 2005 Age: 38 Posts: 18,144	Re: How AT&T, Google, and Dish Network fared in the 700 MHz auction I don't know Greek, but this is damn close! __________________ Two in the mouth is worth one in the bush. 4th place, 2008 TNTU.net college fantasy football... Bud came in 6th...

03-22-2008	#3
harmany TnTU College Listens: Z92 - Mornings Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: papillion ne Age: 25 Posts: 505	Re: How AT&T, Google, and Dish Network fared in the 700 MHz auction say that again ob1 __________________ BIG XII NORTH CHAMPIONS GO TIGERS!!!

03-24-2008	#4
lilyvon schtupp i ride the short bus because i'm Listens: I don't listen Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: counciltucky Posts: 1,280	Re: How AT&T, Google, and Dish Network fared in the 700 MHz auction why would they want this when everything is going digital next year or am i not understanding how digital works will stations still be using the same channels and radio bandwidiths to broadcast in digital? __________________ A man melts the sands so he can see the world outside.--U2, Lemon

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