On Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:09:23 +0000, Larry <noone@home.com> wrote in
<Xns9A205E2A112A8noonehomecom@208.49.80.253>:

>John Navas <spamfilter1@navasgroup.com> wrote in
>news:1ku8o313cslnqlsuglctsi1aphcsvs700u@4ax.com :
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>> 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.

>So:
>Auctioning spectrum should be forbidden. It's NOT the government's
>airwaves, it's the PUBLIC's.

Commercial licenses should be free? That makes no sense.
Government sets arbitrary prices? That makes no sense either.
Auctions make sense because they are the most efficient way to set the
price and to ensure the highest value use of the spectrum.
The public gets free use of (overused) unlicensed and (underused)
amateur bands.

>They don't auction off Yellowstone National
>Park to Holiday Inn, because Yellowstone belongs to the PUBLIC, dammit.

In fact they do solicit bids for commercial use, as in the case of
concession operators.

>This bullshit of selling the PUBLIC's airwaves to shore up the bloating
>government bureaucracy of the Illuminati ISN'T why the FCC was created. It
>all happened when the greedy lawyers ran the engineers, who made America's
>wireless systems so great, out of the FCC and took over. Now, everything's
>for sale before the government finally bankrupts the country giving
>everything we have to the international bankers.

On the contrary: Past government regulation resulted in high prices and
a glacial pace of innovation. Deregulation has resulted in lower prices
and rapid innovation. The auctioning of spectrum is an essential part
of getting government out of the way and ensuring the highest value use
of the spectrum.

>Once FCC loses control of frequencies that "belong" to someone else,
>consumer protection stops....exactly what corporate America has been after
>since the first radio station came on the air.

On the contrary: Licensed use _is_ regulated, and to argue the
regulation is not to your liking is to undercut your own advocacy for
government control.

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John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ>