John Navas wrote:
> Ditto. Feel free to cite any authority that you think supports your
> position.

You apparently missed the bit where I said I really couldn't be assed to
play with you.

> If you have any that is.

I do this professionally, for a living. The line you've been arguing is
classic big business smoke-and-mirrors to skew the field.

I also notice you've steadfastly refused to explain why the UK's 3G
auction was so brilliant. It happened 8 years ago, netted 22.5Bn for the
Govt, and4 years later they had 1% market penetration, via expensive
handsets. Indeed an Ofcom report in 2006 reckoned that the networks had
paid on average £5,000 per customer, and despite high charged had
recouped hardly any of that. Meanwhile the 2.5G services are ubiquitous,
and by comparison cheap.

So what happened? A few big companies with very deep pockets completely
misread the market and threw caution to the wind. Was the auction a
success? Sure - if youre HMRC and your job is to collect lots of cash.
But did this result in the best service to the consumers? No.

*threadplonk*