Sprint Nextel Vs. 41 Schools and Non-Profits

netbuzz writes "A case of corporate bullying, or good network citizenship? Sprint Nextel has let slip the dogs of law on the FCC and 41 non-profits, most of them school systems, in an effort to get the FCC to stop granting these organizations special dispensation when they fail to renew their wireless spectrum licenses. These licenses were granted as part of the Educational Broadband Service. The school systems, many of them rural, argue that they don't have the staff or the resources to keep on top of the paperwork and shouldn't be punished for such bureaucratic lapses. (Some generate revenue by leasing unused portions of the spectrum to carriers such as Sprint Nextel.) The schools' argument may sound a bit like 'the dog ate my homework' to some, and Sprint Nextel makes a fairly compelling case that a greater good would be served if the FCC would stop enabling such tardiness."

Comments

They're looking for more money...

[tcopeland]

...having just missed their first quarter profit numbers. But their revenue is still fine, 10B a quarter...

Re:Personally...

[IHC Navistar]

Disgraceful.....

$72.6 Billion to VETERANS who FOUGHT WARS and put their country before their lives .....and.....

$367.0 Billion to people who sit on their asses, and put their lives before their country.

Yes, I know that there are the few who are truly disabled and truly CANNOT work, but most "Disabled" are obviously just milking the system, but nobody wants to openly say that. Unfortunaly, most "Disabled" are still capable of performing work. Maybe not the kind of work they would want to be doing, or working at all, but unless you are mentally retarded, parapalegic, quadriplegic, or a vegtable, you can still work. Boo hoo.