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The Feds Vacate Airwaves

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the hit-the-road-jack dept.

dada21 writes to tell us UPI is reporting that the government is getting ready to spend $936 million to move its radio communication to an obscure segment of the spectrum to make room for next-generation mobile tech. From the article: "'With 90 megahertz of additional spectrum, today's cellular carriers will be tomorrow's next-generation broadband providers,' Michael D. Gallagher, assistant secretary of commerce for communications and information, said in a statement."

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  1. eBay by amazon10x · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    sounds to me like they need to auction each of those megahertz on eBay! http://www.milliondollarhomepage.com/

  2. Holy Crap by User+956 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    this estimate gives a ballpark of around $20 billion - $30 billion for 100mhz of spectrum. That would more than offset the government's costs to move.

    (Though, if the gov't keeps fucking with our currency they way they are, I'm not sure if $20 billion will be worth all that much)

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