http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/31/fcc-auction-exceeds-10-billion-open-access-just-one-bid-away/ Engadget Comments for 700MHz auction exceeds $10 Billion, open-access just one bid away http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/31/fcc-auction-exceeds-10-billion-open-access-just-one-bid-away/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/31/fcc-auction-exceeds-10-billion-open-access-just-one-bid-away/Jan 31st 2008 7:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/31/fcc-auction-exceeds-10-billion-open-access-just-one-bid-away/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/31/fcc-auction-exceeds-10-billion-open-access-just-one-bid-away/
- Rich guy gets richer
- Average Joe and poor Bob get screwed over

Look at the subprime mortgage crisis for a good example]]>Jan 31st 2008 7:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/31/fcc-auction-exceeds-10-billion-open-access-just-one-bid-away/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/31/fcc-auction-exceeds-10-billion-open-access-just-one-bid-away/- Rich guy gets richer
- Average Joe and poor Bob get screwed over

Look at the subprime mortgage crisis for a good example
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I see that you are a bit of a cynic, but don't worry, I'll get you up to speed.
- The rich guy keeps doing what he did to get rich. It usually continues to payoff.
- The poor guy keeps doing what he did to get poor. But he likes to spend as if he is rich and ends up in a world of hurt and teaches his children to do the same.
- When the government starts to accuse private lenders of discrimination and urges them to lend to people who have not previously met criteria, you end up with a mortgage crisis.

I grew up in government housing. My mother, however, refused welfare and food stamps, and taught her boys to be responsible. We continue to do what our mother taught us to do. That makes us evil, apparently.

I have pitty on those who are loosing their homes right now. It sucks. But I blame the people who educated them. It reminds me of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moth_(Lost) Luckily I DIDN'T grow up with someone telling me that society was against me, I would never get ahead, and that it was okay to take something you hadn't earned. I would have been another statistic.]]>Jan 31st 2008 9:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/31/fcc-auction-exceeds-10-billion-open-access-just-one-bid-away/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/31/fcc-auction-exceeds-10-billion-open-access-just-one-bid-away/- Rich guy gets richer
- Average Joe and poor Bob get screwed over

Look at the subprime mortgage crisis for a good example
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I see that you are a bit of a cynic, but don't worry, I'll get you up to speed.
- The rich guy keeps doing what he did to get rich. It usually continues to payoff.
- The poor guy keeps doing what he did to get poor. But he likes to spend as if he is rich and ends up in a world of hurt and teaches his children to do the same.
- When the government starts to accuse private lenders of discrimination and urges them to lend to people who have not previously met criteria, you end up with a mortgage crisis.

I grew up in government housing. My mother, however, refused welfare and food stamps, and taught her boys to be responsible. We continue to do what our mother taught us to do. That makes us evil, apparently.

I have pitty on those who are loosing their homes right now. It sucks. But I blame the people who educated them. It reminds me of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moth_(Lost) Luckily I DIDN'T grow up with someone telling me that society was against me, I would never get ahead, and that it was okay to take something you hadn't earned. I would have been another statistic.]]>Jan 31st 2008 9:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/31/fcc-auction-exceeds-10-billion-open-access-just-one-bid-away/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/31/fcc-auction-exceeds-10-billion-open-access-just-one-bid-away/Jan 31st 2008 7:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/31/fcc-auction-exceeds-10-billion-open-access-just-one-bid-away/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/31/fcc-auction-exceeds-10-billion-open-access-just-one-bid-away/Jan 31st 2008 7:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/31/fcc-auction-exceeds-10-billion-open-access-just-one-bid-away/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/31/fcc-auction-exceeds-10-billion-open-access-just-one-bid-away/]]>Jan 31st 2008 7:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/31/fcc-auction-exceeds-10-billion-open-access-just-one-bid-away/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/31/fcc-auction-exceeds-10-billion-open-access-just-one-bid-away/Jan 31st 2008 8:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/31/fcc-auction-exceeds-10-billion-open-access-just-one-bid-away/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/31/fcc-auction-exceeds-10-billion-open-access-just-one-bid-away/
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This is what we have been waiting for! Please god, do not let AT&T get it.]]>Jan 31st 2008 9:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/31/fcc-auction-exceeds-10-billion-open-access-just-one-bid-away/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/31/fcc-auction-exceeds-10-billion-open-access-just-one-bid-away/Jan 31st 2008 9:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/31/fcc-auction-exceeds-10-billion-open-access-just-one-bid-away/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/31/fcc-auction-exceeds-10-billion-open-access-just-one-bid-away/Jan 31st 2008 10:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/31/fcc-auction-exceeds-10-billion-open-access-just-one-bid-away/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/31/fcc-auction-exceeds-10-billion-open-access-just-one-bid-away/Jan 31st 2008 10:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/31/fcc-auction-exceeds-10-billion-open-access-just-one-bid-away/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/31/fcc-auction-exceeds-10-billion-open-access-just-one-bid-away/
That's the understatement of the year!

Now hold still while I waterboard you until your life signs start wavering...]]>Jan 31st 2008 10:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/31/fcc-auction-exceeds-10-billion-open-access-just-one-bid-away/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/31/fcc-auction-exceeds-10-billion-open-access-just-one-bid-away/Jan 31st 2008 5:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/31/fcc-auction-exceeds-10-billion-open-access-just-one-bid-away/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/31/fcc-auction-exceeds-10-billion-open-access-just-one-bid-away/
Google is the ONLY company that could provide genuine technically progressive competition to the world's cell phone, wireline, internet, cable, and proprietary software purveyors who are out to bilk their own customers.

Google's answer is to provide THE BEST PRODUCT, SERVICE, AND SUPPORT IN A USER FRIENDLY MANNER WITH VALUE ENHANCED SERVICES FOR FREE OR ALMOST FREE, in cooperation with their advertisers, who benefit together with Google and Google's customers.

The Google genius' who thought of this manner of doing business are HATED by the Microsoft and ATT and Comcast folks because they are a real threat to their OLD way of doing business, by providing shoddy services, small selection of products, and HIGH prices using proprietary equipment and software that is soon obsolete and needs upgrading at even higher prices in order to continue receiving even poorer services.]]>Jan 31st 2008 11:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/31/fcc-auction-exceeds-10-billion-open-access-just-one-bid-away/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/31/fcc-auction-exceeds-10-billion-open-access-just-one-bid-away/
If Google wins this auction, they'll need to build out a cellular network, and I'd love to know how long we have to wait for that infrastructure to fall into place. Probably about the same time the FCC is auctioning off another highly desireable block. Or they could rent the spectrum to other companies with certain conditions on its use.

Will someone please explain to me why Google is the savior of the universe? It's a company, out to make money, just like everyone else.]]>Jan 31st 2008 1:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/31/fcc-auction-exceeds-10-billion-open-access-just-one-bid-away/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/31/fcc-auction-exceeds-10-billion-open-access-just-one-bid-away/Jan 31st 2008 11:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/31/fcc-auction-exceeds-10-billion-open-access-just-one-bid-away/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/31/fcc-auction-exceeds-10-billion-open-access-just-one-bid-away/
8 mins till around 18... Wow!]]>Jan 31st 2008 11:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/31/fcc-auction-exceeds-10-billion-open-access-just-one-bid-away/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/31/fcc-auction-exceeds-10-billion-open-access-just-one-bid-away/Jan 31st 2008 11:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/31/fcc-auction-exceeds-10-billion-open-access-just-one-bid-away/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/31/fcc-auction-exceeds-10-billion-open-access-just-one-bid-away/Jan 31st 2008 12:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/31/fcc-auction-exceeds-10-billion-open-access-just-one-bid-away/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/31/fcc-auction-exceeds-10-billion-open-access-just-one-bid-away/Jan 31st 2008 12:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/31/fcc-auction-exceeds-10-billion-open-access-just-one-bid-away/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/31/fcc-auction-exceeds-10-billion-open-access-just-one-bid-away/Jan 31st 2008 12:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/31/fcc-auction-exceeds-10-billion-open-access-just-one-bid-away/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/31/fcc-auction-exceeds-10-billion-open-access-just-one-bid-away/Subject: 700mhz auction

Is there anything me or my girlfriend can do to convince you to win the C block auction?]]>Jan 31st 2008 1:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/31/fcc-auction-exceeds-10-billion-open-access-just-one-bid-away/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/31/fcc-auction-exceeds-10-billion-open-access-just-one-bid-away/
I agree with you. I've worked in a consumer electronics store for years, and for some reason it seems like whenever I sell a big TV or surround setup, its to either 1) old, rich people or 2) young, poor people who just got a lot of money from somewhere, usually hitting it big at the tables someplace or winning one of those $5000 scratchers tickets. Also, divorces tend to bring in lots of em.

The old people though all tend to like to talk about their old businesses or the schools they went to. If I ever get a young and wealthy buyer he/she will be a business owner. Over Christmas I remember one guy specifically who runs a cleaning service, and told me he has no education at all. He said he got out of jail when he was 19, and took over his moms cleaning business and grew it until it was city-wide. This guy looked a little rough but he couldn't be any older than 30.

The reason the poor stay poor and the rich stay rich (usually) is because they (usually) keep doing what they always do. The rich either own businesses, put all their hearts and souls into their own education, or manage their money with the utmost frugality. The poor tend to work for other people (and be cynical about it), deny the benefits of education (re: every UAW worker I've ever met at the Ford plant), or spend their money when they have it, instead of saving.

Its a vicious cycle, but the rich do very little to perpetuate it upon the poor.]]>Jan 31st 2008 1:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/31/fcc-auction-exceeds-10-billion-open-access-just-one-bid-away/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/31/fcc-auction-exceeds-10-billion-open-access-just-one-bid-away/
https://auctionbidding.fcc.gov/auction/index.htm?CFID=1492412&CFTOKEN=60692865&jsessionid=NDJ5HvPprcGyzHp6J3sLRrT1CxGG2tKfGWKzVnNjfZp96v3nM51S!-435525525!-1597085389!1201803230171

see the top item in the list.

bid currently: $4,713,823,000
minimum for round 19: $5,226,460,000 ]]>Jan 31st 2008 1:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/31/fcc-auction-exceeds-10-billion-open-access-just-one-bid-away/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/31/fcc-auction-exceeds-10-billion-open-access-just-one-bid-away/
Faslane]]>Feb 1st 2008 4:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/31/fcc-auction-exceeds-10-billion-open-access-just-one-bid-away/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/31/fcc-auction-exceeds-10-billion-open-access-just-one-bid-away/Feb 2nd 2008 8:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/31/fcc-auction-exceeds-10-billion-open-access-just-one-bid-away/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/31/fcc-auction-exceeds-10-billion-open-access-just-one-bid-away/http://www.elfingo.com]]>Mar 3rd 2008 2:04AM