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3G Spectrum - Off Limits After Attacks

Casey writes: "MSNBC is reporting that due to the recent attacks, potential 3G spectrum currently held by the military has been placed off-limits for the foreseeable future -- with no replacement on the table. The FCC says that it might remove the current "spectrum cap" restrictions, allowing bigger cellular companies to gobble up smaller ones just for their spectrum. Expect to see a lot of consolidation if this goes through."

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  1. Re:w00t! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What is the story behind this? Is there even a story behind it?

    And what in the hell does FUD stand for?

  2. Hey George! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What part of "Thou shall not kill" do you not understand?

    1. Re:Hey George! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Actually, the commandment is "Thou shalt not murder."

    2. Re:Hey George! by rossz · · Score: 0, Offtopic
      which is not likely to be the same Hebrew that is spoken today
      You obviously don't know a thing about the Torah. There are very strict rules when making a copy that guarantees that it is the same as the book made yesterday and as the one made in another era.

      What the Torah says now is what the Torah has always said.

      What kind of corporate stooge are you, vain enough to rewrite a holy book so that it conforms to your self-serving values?
      You must be referring to that corporation known as Christianity. It was Christian scholars who misstranslated from the original Hebrew and mistakenly used "kill" instead of "murder". The Old Testimate of the Christian bible is a rewrite of portions of the Torah. It is incomplete and incorrect.
      --
      -- Will program for bandwidth
    3. Re:Hey George! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      hehe...and now, without our prior approval, we too are "chosen".........

    4. Re:Hey George! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      hehe...and ya know...most of 'em, especially the orthodox and hasids are conscienscious objectors...handy policy, eh?? cowards!!
      p.s.-ikey, mikey, jake and sam...don't try to complain to my isp...i steal bandwidth from 2.4ghz lamers who know not to use encrypt keys, or MAC security..(thanks to MCSE jews from NYU in NYC!!)

    5. Re:Hey George! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      and i *don't* pay retail!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  3. Re:i like by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    D00d. You made me shoot a snot rocket out of my nose laughing at your post.

    Kudos.

  4. Friendly Fascism by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Look at the new face of power in America
    This is your future,
    You can never leave.
    Who said tyranny can't be fun?
    Friendly Fascism
    Having so much fun,
    What else do you need?

  5. Re:w00t! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Word.

    Never seen SOTL, and I feel like one of the few people that hasn't...

    Probably because I am.

    Thanx

  6. Re:Communications are the best defence against att by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Huh? Your post does not make sense.

  7. Pentium Pro MOtherboards by DestroyahX · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If anyone has any dual or quad Pentium Pro mpotherboards, please email me at destroyahx@hotmail.com.

    mods: i know this is OT, but it's very important.

    thanks!

  8. Bible Quote of the Day: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    I am the Lord, your Economy.
    Thou shall have no other God before me.

    Hey America, you heard our president: get back to work, and start helping out the economy.

    Q:Who is your real Master, America?
    A:The Allmighty© Dollar©

    Newsflash: The A/C in your SUV won't keep your ass comfy in Hell, folks! Your leader wants to Immantentize the Eschaton. You will all be judged by your Creator within days. Your "What Would Jesus Do?" sticker on the bumper of your SUV won't fool the Creator.

    Have a nice day!
    --Moses

  9. Re: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What's the matter? Cat got your tongue?
    Oh shit, it just knocked it under the sofa. Man, it's gonna be all covered in dust and crap now.
    sucks to be you.

  10. Daniel 8,3-10 by EyesOfNostradamus · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    [3] Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last.
    [4] I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; so that no beasts might stand before him, neither was there any that could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and became great.
    [5] And as I was considering, behold, an he goat came from the west on the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes.
    [6] And he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had there seen standing before the river, and ran unto him in the fury of his power.
    [7] And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with choler against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns: and there was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped upon him: and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand.
    [8] Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven.
    [9] And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land.
    [10] And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them.

    1. Re:Daniel 8,3-10 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
      Umkay...

      I just looked up this quote and the commentaries all say that the ram with the two horns symbolizes Persia, also known as Iraq.

      So if you're trying to compare the two horns to the twin towers, you're way off. Sorry, try again.

  11. I can't wait for judgement day! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    That guy's dad is the biggest asshole in the universe! He's got a lot of shit to answer for! I'll be first in line to judge his sorry ass when the day comes.

  12. krkkd! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    krak rok kilz kidz ded

  13. Re:***WARNING: NO GRASP OF LOGIC ALERT *** by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hmm. Surely that is some sort of paradox?

  14. Re:Ok.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    $ kill /bin/laden
    kill: /bin/laden: no such pid

  15. Re:i like this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Good sir, I ask only in the means of inquiry: Are these feet your sister's feet? Many thanks.

  16. Re:Rebuttal to FCC statement... (TROLL ALERT) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Parent is a Troll... but at least one with good taste.

  17. Re:Rebuttal to FCC statement... (TROLL ALERT) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Why thank you. I do try my humble best. Good day to you!

  18. Re:read post #2327912 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It wasn't moderated to -1, it wasn't moderated at all, so the guy who posted it must have really bad karma.

  19. Re:For great justice! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First American soldier to spraypaint AYBABTU on an enemy building, snap a picture of it, and mail it to Slashdot should get some kind of prize.

  20. Hey, moron by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    His post wasn't moderated at all. He posts at a default of -1.

    Please beg, borrow or steal a clue! Oh, and quit whining, it hurts my ears.

  21. cmdrtaco has been sucking too much crack by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    a crapload of posts in this thread have been moderated 'troll'... usually trolls get moderated as 'offtopic', so it's probably only a few people doing this, but each person only gets 5 mod points, so clearly somebody has more mod points than they should. i think it's cmdrtaco.

  22. America needs to become a police state by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Losing a little freedom is a small price to pay for all those evil terrorists to die.

  23. MOD PARENT UP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Who cares if this guy was a troll? He's a karma whore now, so you should mod him up.

  24. more for ya by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    the klintonista fcc under chief asswipe reed hundt (imagine, coincidentally he was algore's college roomie) decided that the 4 years remaining on my smr license would be null and void, i could either sell the channels to nextel for thousands of dollars or buy my own channels at an fcc auction for millions of dollars. nextel now owns all the 860-865mhz spectrum. and guess who joined nextel's board when his term expired at the fcc?