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- sio2man, on 03/19/2008, -6/+241Go Google!
- Dumbledorito, on 03/19/2008, -1/+176"Block D failed to meet the reserve."
Damn greedy eBay "power sellers." Probably wanted 50 bucks for shipping, too... - impei, on 03/19/2008, -0/+104But only $27.87 per Hertz. Which is pretty good for a one day car rental.
- mediaspree, on 03/19/2008, -1/+93Please, oh please, free Universal Google Wifi!
- wonderchemist, on 03/19/2008, -20/+102So that pays for what? 3 months in Iraq?
- DiggLive, on 03/19/2008, -7/+75More like 6 weeks.
- Kornstalx, on 03/19/2008, -1/+65Sorry, but that ^^^ made me ROFL.
- JBravada, on 03/19/2008, -10/+69That's $27,857,142.90 per megahertz
- RobotDan, on 03/19/2008, -2/+51Does that mean my Compaq Armada7800 is worth $9,276,428,585.70?
- BigManOnCampus, on 03/19/2008, -2/+50Now, please use that 20 billion on education.
Politicians, stop laughing at me. - EricMiIIer, on 07/10/2009, -1/+46Come on GPhone
- surKaz, on 03/19/2008, -3/+47Guess who's the secret winner....*Straightens imaginary tie*..
- geoken, on 03/19/2008, -1/+45My fingers are crossed
- subterfuge, on 03/19/2008, -0/+34http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=Goog
google's market capitalization is almost 139 billion USD i think they could afford being ONE of the parties who won that auction - jake07, on 03/19/2008, -0/+34Well, okay. Based on that number it seems I was clearly outbid.
- masfenix, on 03/19/2008, -15/+45Me neither, digg me down but PLEASE someone educate me. My cordless phone runs at 5.4 ghz. My dual core processer is at 2.5 ghz, so whats up with 700 mhz thats like pentium 2.
- darylspong, on 03/19/2008, -29/+5919.5 billion?
THAT'S OVER NINE THOUSAAAAAND!!! - keyme, on 03/19/2008, -0/+30A radio signal is broadcast on a certain constant(?) frequency.
To provide something like a cellphone service, you need to get your hands on a RANGE of frequencies.
In order to use a range of frequencies on a wide (geographical) scale, you need the FCC's approval. When you get the approval, you "own" that range. Anyone else who would broadcast on your range will be considered a pirate.
Only in this way can a company be assured that their service will be uninterrupted by other parties.
When many companies want to own a range, the FCC makes an auction. So it happens that 800-700Mhz is the best range available, hence the $19.5Bn bid is pretty much expectable. - Acronym, on 03/19/2008, -4/+31I still haven't got a clue what they paid for
- carbonbasedunit, on 03/19/2008, -2/+27I for one welcome our new meme killing overlords.
*ducks* - LightningCount, on 03/19/2008, -3/+27Who needs the Patriot Act when you can just tap right into people's brains? I hope Google did get it, that way I can index my prefrontal cortex for faster searching.
- plizard, on 03/19/2008, -2/+25google did say they were bidding up to 20 billion, right?
- austenw, on 03/19/2008, -2/+24Please, oh please let Google be the winner.
- fyrehart, on 03/19/2008, -0/+21Block C, which had some notable open access rules attached to it, passed the FCC's $4.638 billion reserve price on the final day of January. A $4.744 billion bid pushed it past the threshold, but that was the final bid on the nationwide license for Block C. Afterwards, Block C bidding moved to regional licenses, which could be used separately or combined to form a single, nationwide network.
Block C, which had some notable open access rules attached to it, passed the FCC's $4.638 billion reserve price
Block C, which had some notable open access rules
open access rules - greenlight2001, on 03/19/2008, -0/+21Quick! Put it up on EBay!
- dizilbdog, on 03/19/2008, -0/+20Please Please don't let it be Verizon that Won!!!!!
- defaultdigger, on 03/19/2008, -3/+23I see what you did there. Please don't do it again.
- sexybobo, on 03/19/2008, -1/+19gman?
- MellerTime, on 03/19/2008, -0/+17There were rumors that Google would partner with another company to make the bid. That seems to make a lot of sense since Google is a service company, not an infrastructure company. Don't necessarily count them out yet...
- chesscat, on 03/19/2008, -0/+16Second place: A set of steak knives.
- Ephilei, on 03/19/2008, -0/+16Ah! Just tell me who won the C Block! The suspense is killing me.
- rstarr, on 03/19/2008, -3/+17Don't be that guy.
- subterfuge, on 03/19/2008, -5/+19your money is in a fire that has been burning in iraq for several years
- Dumbledorito, on 03/19/2008, -2/+16It's like measuring stuff in football fields; you pick something everyone should be painfully familiar with.
- fuhcough, on 03/19/2008, -0/+14i thought they said they'd go up to the reserve but who knows. if they can afford to allow their employees to sleep in designated "sleep pods" then what's another $billion or two...
- HealthyElijah, on 03/19/2008, -1/+14Will most likely go straight into the politicians pockets. :(
- djbon2112, on 03/19/2008, -4/+16That meme is old. Please just let it die.
- cowsgonemadd3, on 03/19/2008, -0/+11Plus 50 for insurance!
- MiserJ, on 03/19/2008, -1/+12Doesn't apply if you are under 25 though...
- malcolmlo, on 03/19/2008, -0/+11Forgive me if someone already covered this but. For those of you who dont know...
The 700mhz frequency they are referring to is a national digital information delivery method. It was previously owned and used by broadcast companies to broadcast television channels (remember the old days of the antennae on top of your TV?). Due to newer technology being used by TV companies, they are now auctioning off this "frequency". Lots of companies are interested because not only TV can be transmitted through this, but potentially even the internet too. So think wireless internet in your home even if you live in a rural area.
However from what I have read it may not be as affective for "internet surfing" and might be used for lots of other purposes too.
It willk be interesting to see who won the frequency and what they plan to do with it as there could be alot of different things.
http://gigaom.com/2007/03/14/700mhz-explained/
Also the government took a chunk of it to use for public safety purposes. I would imagine like weather warnings and that kind of stuff. - surKaz, on 03/19/2008, -0/+10that probably means Google's out... .Go.. ... Hmm.. Didn't really think about a backup..
- inactive, on 03/19/2008, -3/+13Dugg up for pure retarded-ness.
The GHz of your processor has nothing to do with the 700 MHz spectrum. Processor speed and wavelengths are completely different. - theratdotus, on 03/19/2008, -0/+9wow, digg gets tech news a day late...
engadget thinks verizon won it. i hope google won so its not bought and buried. - inigomntoya, on 03/19/2008, -0/+9They just wanted to push it over the reserve to get it out of the FCC's hands - they didn't actually want to own it.
- inactive, on 03/19/2008, -4/+13Someone check my math, if this data is true http://digg.com/world_news/U_S_Occupation_of_Iraq_ ...
This it implies the spectrum is only worth 58.7 days in Iraq. What government bloat and waste of resources... - GLMonkey, on 03/19/2008, -4/+13Go Banana!
- kavendano14, on 03/19/2008, -0/+9Gizmodo said in ten days
- HealthyElijah, on 03/19/2008, -0/+9Google has been surprising everyone since they hit the internet. Yet people forget history so quickly it is ridiculous.
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