http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/16/wsj-google-preparing-4-6-billion-or-more-for-slice-of-700mhz-s/ Engadget Comments for WSJ: Google preparing $4.6 Billion or more for slice of 700MHz spectrum http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/16/wsj-google-preparing-4-6-billion-or-more-for-slice-of-700mhz-s/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/16/wsj-google-preparing-4-6-billion-or-more-for-slice-of-700mhz-s/Nov 16th 2007 4:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/16/wsj-google-preparing-4-6-billion-or-more-for-slice-of-700mhz-s/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/16/wsj-google-preparing-4-6-billion-or-more-for-slice-of-700mhz-s/Nov 16th 2007 5:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/16/wsj-google-preparing-4-6-billion-or-more-for-slice-of-700mhz-s/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/16/wsj-google-preparing-4-6-billion-or-more-for-slice-of-700mhz-s/
This spectrum easily travels thru walls and such a whole lot better in comparison to others.]]>Nov 16th 2007 6:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/16/wsj-google-preparing-4-6-billion-or-more-for-slice-of-700mhz-s/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/16/wsj-google-preparing-4-6-billion-or-more-for-slice-of-700mhz-s/Nov 16th 2007 7:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/16/wsj-google-preparing-4-6-billion-or-more-for-slice-of-700mhz-s/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/16/wsj-google-preparing-4-6-billion-or-more-for-slice-of-700mhz-s/
PS. The way sound is transmitted with Video Signals is a form of QAM (Quadrature Amplitude Modulation), which is AM based (that the reason why when a thunderstorm is occurring nearby, the sound and Video Signal get interference).

Hope that clears things up
Joe ]]>Nov 16th 2007 10:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/16/wsj-google-preparing-4-6-billion-or-more-for-slice-of-700mhz-s/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/16/wsj-google-preparing-4-6-billion-or-more-for-slice-of-700mhz-s/Nov 16th 2007 5:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/16/wsj-google-preparing-4-6-billion-or-more-for-slice-of-700mhz-s/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/16/wsj-google-preparing-4-6-billion-or-more-for-slice-of-700mhz-s/Nov 16th 2007 7:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/16/wsj-google-preparing-4-6-billion-or-more-for-slice-of-700mhz-s/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/16/wsj-google-preparing-4-6-billion-or-more-for-slice-of-700mhz-s/
Google: 21 Billion
Verizon: 50 Billion
AT&T: 111 Billion

AT&T is a very big company and unless Google wants to get its hopes crushed, I wouldn't bank on winning the auction.


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If Google wins the auction it will initially mean some cool innovative use of the spectrum, but then they will slowly use their power to make the rest of us their slaves.

Hmmm... who to root for?]]>Nov 16th 2007 6:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/16/wsj-google-preparing-4-6-billion-or-more-for-slice-of-700mhz-s/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/16/wsj-google-preparing-4-6-billion-or-more-for-slice-of-700mhz-s/Nov 16th 2007 6:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/16/wsj-google-preparing-4-6-billion-or-more-for-slice-of-700mhz-s/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/16/wsj-google-preparing-4-6-billion-or-more-for-slice-of-700mhz-s/Nov 16th 2007 11:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/16/wsj-google-preparing-4-6-billion-or-more-for-slice-of-700mhz-s/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/16/wsj-google-preparing-4-6-billion-or-more-for-slice-of-700mhz-s/Nov 16th 2007 6:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/16/wsj-google-preparing-4-6-billion-or-more-for-slice-of-700mhz-s/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/16/wsj-google-preparing-4-6-billion-or-more-for-slice-of-700mhz-s/Nov 16th 2007 10:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/16/wsj-google-preparing-4-6-billion-or-more-for-slice-of-700mhz-s/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/16/wsj-google-preparing-4-6-billion-or-more-for-slice-of-700mhz-s/Nov 16th 2007 7:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/16/wsj-google-preparing-4-6-billion-or-more-for-slice-of-700mhz-s/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/16/wsj-google-preparing-4-6-billion-or-more-for-slice-of-700mhz-s/Nov 16th 2007 8:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/16/wsj-google-preparing-4-6-billion-or-more-for-slice-of-700mhz-s/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/16/wsj-google-preparing-4-6-billion-or-more-for-slice-of-700mhz-s/Nov 16th 2007 8:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/16/wsj-google-preparing-4-6-billion-or-more-for-slice-of-700mhz-s/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/16/wsj-google-preparing-4-6-billion-or-more-for-slice-of-700mhz-s/Nov 16th 2007 8:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/16/wsj-google-preparing-4-6-billion-or-more-for-slice-of-700mhz-s/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/16/wsj-google-preparing-4-6-billion-or-more-for-slice-of-700mhz-s/Nov 16th 2007 9:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/16/wsj-google-preparing-4-6-billion-or-more-for-slice-of-700mhz-s/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/16/wsj-google-preparing-4-6-billion-or-more-for-slice-of-700mhz-s/Nov 16th 2007 9:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/16/wsj-google-preparing-4-6-billion-or-more-for-slice-of-700mhz-s/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/16/wsj-google-preparing-4-6-billion-or-more-for-slice-of-700mhz-s/
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070731-fcc-sets-700mhz-auction-rules-limited-open-access-no-wholesale-requirement.html

If one of the big mobile companies win... I can't expect what will happen. I'm sure they'll find some way to screw us all anyway. If Google wins, everybody wins -- they already have a precedent of not screwing their customers.

When it comes down to it, I'd rather have Google running the country than the Republicans or the Democrats. At least they know how to listen to what people want and follow through.]]>Nov 16th 2007 10:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/16/wsj-google-preparing-4-6-billion-or-more-for-slice-of-700mhz-s/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/16/wsj-google-preparing-4-6-billion-or-more-for-slice-of-700mhz-s/Nov 16th 2007 11:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/16/wsj-google-preparing-4-6-billion-or-more-for-slice-of-700mhz-s/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/16/wsj-google-preparing-4-6-billion-or-more-for-slice-of-700mhz-s/Nov 16th 2007 10:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/16/wsj-google-preparing-4-6-billion-or-more-for-slice-of-700mhz-s/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/16/wsj-google-preparing-4-6-billion-or-more-for-slice-of-700mhz-s/
If this turns out to be terrible, then no problem, I'll go back to using the other company I genuinely like: T-mobile.]]>Nov 16th 2007 10:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/16/wsj-google-preparing-4-6-billion-or-more-for-slice-of-700mhz-s/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/16/wsj-google-preparing-4-6-billion-or-more-for-slice-of-700mhz-s/Nov 16th 2007 11:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/16/wsj-google-preparing-4-6-billion-or-more-for-slice-of-700mhz-s/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/16/wsj-google-preparing-4-6-billion-or-more-for-slice-of-700mhz-s/Nov 16th 2007 11:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/16/wsj-google-preparing-4-6-billion-or-more-for-slice-of-700mhz-s/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/16/wsj-google-preparing-4-6-billion-or-more-for-slice-of-700mhz-s/
You mean we'll be stuck on "USA beta" for 5 more years!?]]>Nov 16th 2007 11:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/16/wsj-google-preparing-4-6-billion-or-more-for-slice-of-700mhz-s/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/16/wsj-google-preparing-4-6-billion-or-more-for-slice-of-700mhz-s/Nov 19th 2007 11:42PM