The leasing mechanism could be interesting. You would have to sell over
a long period or with the right of first refusal on lease termination
otherwise there would be no serious bidders if you are not guaranteed
long term access to the spectrum.
What would be really interesting would be if google bought the spectrum
and then resold non-exclusive right to use so for $x/unit you can
operate in that space with anyone else that is willing to buy at
$x/unit. Not sure if the spectrum holder is allowed to do that or not...
Sam Tetherow
Sandhills Wireless
David E. Smith wrote:
W.D.McKinney wrote:
If Google wins, the spectrum will be tied up for a long time with
little on no use right away.
I suspect most of Google's business plan here is "get spectrum, lease
spectrum, earn lots of money with little actual work," and in that
case it's in their best interest to get a leasing program up and
running quickly. Kinda makes me wish I had a few billion sitting
around; it's a good plan if you can finance it. In the meantime,
Google has some of the smartest cookies on this planet working for
them, so getting lease operations going should be trivial for them.
I'll concur that it'd be nice if there were some spectrum reserved for
WISP use, but that apparently isn't meant to be. Google is probably
the lesser evil in this case, given that our other choice is the
telcos (we all know how fun they are to work with).
David Smith
MVN.net
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