The 700mhz Spectrum Auction In Perspective

Posted by Zonk on Thursday January 24, 2008 @05:01AM from the kind-of-a-big-deal(tm) dept.

YIAAL writes "Writing in Popular Mechanics, Robert X. Cringely looks at the upcoming auction of the 700mbz spectrum, which is currently used for soon-to-be-defunct analog TV. 'Why are all these companies so excited? Because the 60 MHz of spectrum that's about to be auctioned is the last prime real estate for mobile communications that will be available in the U.S. for decades to come ... Some pundits (that would be me) think Google will bid to win its spectrum block, then will trade that block to Sprint/Nextel for some of that company's 2.5-GHz WiMAX licenses that are far better suited for data.' Plus, the prospect of offering unlicensed data service in the 'white space' between existing broadcast channels."

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Re:so whatabout my grandma? by ch-chuck · 2008-01-24 05:39 · Score: 4, Funny

Yeah, it really sucked when they switched records from 78rpm to 33rpm - my grandfather had to go out and buy a whole new turntable and stylus, bastards.

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Re:Check your summary please! by nacturation · 2008-01-24 05:56 · Score: 4, Funny

What are we talking about here? Millihertz? Millibitz (or whatever the 'z' in mbz means)? Missed By Zonk.

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Re:Check your summary please! by bobl · 2008-01-24 09:27 · Score: 2, Funny

Dot vould be megabits-per-zecond, don't you know?

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