It’s going to be interesting to watch the prices in the mmWave auctions, especially in predominately rural states.
It’s a lot of spectrum, and central to the all important “race to 5G”. If you believe all the press releases, it’s not icing on the cake, it’s the cake, it’s how they get gigabit speeds, serve densely populated areas, and compete with cable. But how much is it worth in flyover country? From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Adam Moffett Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2018 11:36 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Mobile in CBRS If you're the government, the auction gives you funding. If you're the carrier, the auction gives you exclusive access, which makes a return on investment easier. And yes those spectrum rights are a valuable asset which they can sell and trade. All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others. These rules also come from a time when there weren't thousands of wireless operators. If there are only 3 people at the negotiating table then of course the rules are written to address them. On 10/31/2018 12:06 PM, Joe Novak wrote: " On the other hand, they get rewarded for carrying spectrum as an asset on their balance sheet." This is the most disgusting thing about the American auctioning system right now. Who in their right minds thought it was a good idea to just auction a finite resource to the highest bidder? Why isn't a use it or lose it system enforced, or at the very least a system like we will see in CBRS? It all seems like such a sham that gets propped up continuously. On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 10:42 AM Ken Hohhof <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: It’s going to be interesting, I wonder why the carriers would pay anywhere near the kind of money for CBRS spectrum that they are used to for low and mid band spectrum, when they can use it for free as GAA. Similar to 5 GHz. No cost, and opportunistic use for carrier aggregation. On the other hand, they get rewarded for carrying spectrum as an asset on their balance sheet. I’m thinking of a scenario where the auction sets too high a minimum bid, and they get zero bids. Even 10 cents per MHz-POP might be too high, if it can be used as GAA at no cost. As long as they have an anchor channel in other spectrum, CBRS is like icing on the cake, nice but not mission critical, and possibly not worth paying much money to “own”. From: AF <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > On Behalf Of Dave Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2018 10:13 AM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Mobile in CBRS That makes it easier for the carriers to stomp out the little GAA guys :) On 10/31/18 9:50 AM, Joe Novak wrote: I think it's more likely that they will have a licensed anchor channel and only aggregate 3.65 in the downlink, using different frequencies for uplink. Carrier aggregation is a whole different game of spectrum usage. On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 9:38 AM Adam Moffett <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: One thing that was unfortunate about the NN license was that mobile stations had a stupid low Tx power limit. Basically mobile wasn't viable. Is CBRS going to have that type of restriction? -- AF mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- -- AF mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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