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- mediaprone, on 05/06/2008, -0/+40I applaud Google for making a last ditch effort to keep those Nazi bastards from buying it. If anyone can fcuk this up...its Verizon.
- bstew22, on 05/06/2008, -1/+23i spent 1hr 45 minutes on the phone with verizon wireless last night. i want to punch them all 4.7 billion times.
- modelcadet, on 05/06/2008, -1/+18I can't honestly imagine 4.7 billion dollars. As an economist, I know this value is real; but that's a hell of a lot of double cheeseburgers.
- Soldierboi, on 05/09/2008, -0/+8The FCC has quite the history of being fanatical about their imposed rules. If Verizon has any ill-will with this spectrum, they will be fined repeatedly until they change their tune. I really wish Google had the winning bid...
- TTURabble, on 05/06/2008, -0/+7FTA: "Google pledged to bid at least US$4.6 billion on the C block, but the company lost to Verizon's $4.7 billion bid."
Come on google, whats another $200m when you know every person in the country would flock to your wireless. Hell, its not like Verizon won't lock that C block down, and the FCC won't do anything just like every other government agency in this country, nutered and powerless against the corporate machine. - inactive, on 05/06/2008, -0/+6wow a u.s. cell phone company not wanting open access ? i don't believe it ! lol... please sign an 8 year contract to use our free service haha
- WillyWonka, on 05/06/2008, -0/+5They were. With 4.7 billion dollars.
- macwac, on 05/06/2008, -3/+8It should have never been given to Verizon. I do not understand where the FCC placed their heads, but definitely not where the sun shines.. it wouldn't surprise me if half of FCC was paid off. Its a true shame..
- SSUK, on 05/06/2008, -0/+4I don't think you quite grasp the idea behind an auction...
- sweetfeld28, on 05/06/2008, -0/+4Just another reason why Verizon Sucks, in my book.
- Matteos, on 05/06/2008, -1/+5I don't think elite opinions and double cheeseburgers go together to well.
- jackalsclaw, on 05/06/2008, -0/+34.7 billion dollars + dollar menu= 4.7 billion double cheese burgers
4.7 billion double cheeseburgers = 4700000000 x 23 grams of fat each = 237 820 000 lbs of fat
4.7 billion double cheeseburgers = 4700000000 x 440 calories = 2 068 000 000 000 = 2405084000 kilowatt hours = enough energy to power 100+ million homes for a year
4.7 billion double cheeseburgers = 4700000000 x 3.6 ounces of beef each = 1 billion lbs of beef = 5% amount of beef the us consumes annually - Lewie, on 05/06/2008, -0/+3All I see is "YUM!"
- Devilboy666, on 05/06/2008, -0/+3In that case Google would get the spectrum. Google's final bid was 4.6 Billion.
It's a lot of money, even for Google, but I'm sure they'll work out how to make money from the spectrum. Even without screwing over customers. Yay Google! - InorganicMatter, on 05/06/2008, -0/+3"Open Access" sounds pretty clear to me. I don't get how Verizon even has a case to argue with their tiered "our devices get better service" plans.
- groverblue, on 05/06/2008, -0/+2From what I recall, Google's intention, with their bidding, was to force the sale into the open-access domain.
- Lewie, on 05/06/2008, -0/+2I think that was sarcasm guys. You know, the whole Clinton-Obama-economics-elitism thing? It was in the news. You might've heard about it. Couple stories on Digg. Anyone?
- zohaibusman, on 05/06/2008, -4/+6Google's filing doesn't explicitly spell out what the company wants the FCC to do if Verizon doesn't pledge to follow the open-access rules, but it implies that the FCC shouldn't sell Verizon the spectrum in that case.
- jackalsclaw, on 05/06/2008, -1/+2what is elite about cheeseburgers?
- polko, on 05/07/2008, -0/+1verizon: do you hear me now?
- theaceoffire, on 05/06/2008, -0/+1"Its open to us!"
*sigh* - inactive, on 05/06/2008, -2/+3***** COMCAST
- Schmich, on 05/06/2008, -0/+1Well Verizon would most likely have gone higher.
- Maynza, on 05/06/2008, -1/+2Maybe I should start using [/sarcasm] tags ._.
[/sarcasm] - ethana2, on 05/06/2008, -0/+0Can you imagine Google as an ISP? Don't be Evil?!
It's like if you took microsoft and gave it to copowi *drools* - danjal, on 05/06/2008, -1/+1boo hoo google
- dangeresque49, on 05/06/2008, -0/+0Sure Verizon can leave their network open to all devices, but what's to say Verizon can't make it cheaper to get the service when you buy a package with one of their devices and not worth a ridiculous fee to pay to use the network on whatever you want?
They can always tie the voice plans to their existing network even though the new one is open for the data part, which would essentially lock you to their devices anyway. - AmericansRevolt, on 05/06/2008, -1/+1YEAH ***** COMCAST
- sadilak, on 05/06/2008, -0/+0I think my post is unrelated to the topic above, but I am getting fricking tired of verizon and its antics in terms of locking down features in most of its cellphones. That alone is driving me towards AT&T / T Mobile , where I can atleast ethically hack my phone to get the features (like all features of bluetooth, GPS etc etc) , plus the fact that Verizon's Broadband access has been retardedly slow of late
- AmericansRevolt, on 05/06/2008, -0/+0haha no kidding, this is el corporato running our goverment through kickbacks- and this time theyre not even hiding it! public auction anyone?
- Enuratique, on 05/06/2008, -1/+0I agree. Google is obviously smart enough to know that the only way to guarantee that the spectrum be open to their liking is to win the auction themselves. Despite the astronomical costs of rolling out a network, I think they could have found some innovative way to let third parties roll out the infrastructure. Coupled with their thousands of miles of dark fiber, they could have completely cut the telcos out of the network business.
- Maynza, on 05/06/2008, -11/+2No one cares about your elite opinion.
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