On Wed, 9 Jan 2008 07:57:29 +0000 (UTC), danny burstein
<dannyb@panix.com> wrote in <fm1up9$i3e$1@reader2.panix.com>:

>In <1ku8o313cslnqlsuglctsi1aphcsvs700u@4ax.com> John Navas <spamfilter1@navasgroup.com> writes:
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>>>This was setup by the big boys to keep the little guys from bidding....same
>>>as Broadcasting. Big corporations with BIG, DEEP pockets full of money for
>>>political hacks to be paid from is all Washington is about.
>
>>Not so:
>>* Auctioning spectrum ensures the most efficient use of that spectrum.
>>* Up front cash is just prudent auction practice, to avoid disruption of
>>the auction process by those that can't really afford to bid.
>
>or... to prevent a repeat of the debacle with NextWave,
>which bid oodles of money last time around, didn't pay up,
>and somehow got the US Supreme Court to rule that they
>still "owned" the unpaid for frequencies.

That's my 2nd point.

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