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FCC to Investigate D-Block Auction

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the messing-with-the-system dept.

eweekhickins writes "Feds and public interest groups are taking seriously accusations that someone tampered with the wireless spectrum auction process. The block of spectrum that was supposed to go to emergency responders failed to get close to the reserve price, raising suspicions that someone was trying to make money off the Sept. 11 national tragedy. But that would never happen, right?" This is a follow up to last week's allegations.

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  1. The biggest myth.... by CdBee · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    .. is that 9/11 was some sort of national tragedy. You lost 2,974 people, which is about the average death toll for 2 months total gun-related crimes in the USA. Hell you probably lose more people than that in traffic accidents in a year.

    9/11 was shocking and distinctly impolite of the terrorists but if you use death tolls to define tragedies, you have far bigger problems to deal with than Al-Qaeda

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  2. Re:So basically.... by davolfman · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You also realize that POTS providers are complete and utter monopolistic jackasses. Perhaps this explains why.