FCC Approves Rules For Airwaves Auction

[HardOCP News]

The Washington Post is reporting that the FCC has approved rules for the upcoming airwaves auction that should give people more choice on their cell phones and wireless devices. The text of the rules were not released during today’s meeting.

The Federal Communications Commission approved a much-debated "open access" provision, pushed by Chairman Kevin Martin, a Republican, and supported by the agency's two Democrats, that will allow customers to use whatever phone and software they want on about one-third of the spectrum to be auctioned.

 

[The-One]

yay, I'm buying some airwaves for my karaoke music...

 

[SentToSchool]

Here comes Google rolling with the 4 billion cash.

 

[Rock&Roll]

Here comes Google rolling with the 4 billion cash.

Imagine the sight of skid after skid filled with neatly stacked cash.

Now imagine that skid sitting in your living room.

One can dream

 

[LeTUOtter]

Imagine the sight of skid after skid filled with neatly stacked cash.

Now imagine that skid sitting in your living room.

One can dream

I don't have to dream hard. Field trips to the Federal Reserve Bank ROCK!
Sitting 4 inches away from $15 million in cash is pretty awesome. Too bad all 4 inches were bulletproof glass.

 

[RagingSamster]

[qoute]A more ambitious provision that would have required a licensee to sell access to its network on a wholesale basis was not included. That makes it unlikely that Google Inc. will bid. Google said it might challenge traditional wireless companies if the rules were to the company's liking.[/quote]

Apparently they kept the name but gutted the proposal - Google wanted open not *kinda* open

 

[Ockie]

Imagine the sight of skid after skid filled with neatly stacked cash.

Now imagine that skid sitting in your living room.

One can dream

You mean like this?

 

[SentToSchool]

Fake.

 

[tmaxxking1]

all that cash is from a huge drug bust

if i my memory serves me right it was in mexico city

 

[tmaxxking1]

here's the story

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/24/AR2007072400150.html

sorry OP i knew that cash looked familiar

 

[Ockie]

Nono guys, it was some pictures I took of my room

Yes, that was the drug bust, here are the final two pictures: