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FRIDAY THE 13TH RANT
WILL IT BE BAD LUCK TO END THE REVERSE AUCTION TODAY?
NOT A VERY AUSPICIOUS DAY BUT HECK, THIS AUCTION HAS BEEN BAD FOR BUSINESS FOR FIVE YEARS NOW ANYWAY
As some pay homage to Knights Templar's Grand Master Jacques de Molay, and others fear those poor black cats, I would like to state that some bad juju is surrounding this incentive auction since the broadcasters side of it, the reverse auction, is ending today. Just think of the imagery here, a "reverse" auction, which is so mystical and all. To me, this reverse auction is just another "internet age industrial policy" run amuck! Since both sides of Congress supported this auction, and continue to support it, well, it just goes to show you how crazy this place called DC really is.
Now don't get me wrong here, it was the wireless behemoths who said they had a real need, a crisis, a crunch! And the fiscal conservatives and social program supporters were all looking for money to bail out the country after the crash. So getting CBO's estimate of $10-25 billion revenues to the Treasury looked mighty fine indeed. And no one wanted to hear about LPTV, we were secondary to everyone and everything, had no value, simply could not provide anything at all to the process - nothing that is, except for 83% of the spectrum in this 84 MHz band plan!
So good luck ending the reverse auction this most auspicious day! And remember, LPTV has so much fraking spectrum reserves that if the auction totally fails, no problemo. You LTE folks can just line up for a helping of old school market dynamics with a side dish of supply and demand. Need 18 MHz in this market, and maybe 12 in another? We got it, we got so much I can see now you are just drooling over it. Same with you TV white space and WISP folks. And that MicroGoo bunch and their vacant channel clamouring, well, what are you waiting for?
I have waited to show the following, as it is evidence of massive brain cells being wasted by the DC MicroGoo folks...
As you can see from this Google map, the green are areas in the USA which have between 9-45, 6 MHz channels available, or between 45 MHz to 270 MHz available! And the darker it gets, the less the free available unused spectrum is available, all the way down to 0 channels available, like in this example which zooms into the Google map:
So this is what the MicroGoo Vacant Channel beef is all about. They want the dense, deeply populated urban cores for free! And they are worried that this map will get even blacker after the auction. SO THEY HELD US ALL UP FOR OVER A YEAR ON THEIR STUPID POLITICAL PUSH TO GO FOR A 144 MHZ BAND PLAN, GUARD BANDS BIGLY, THEY THEN DID NOT EVEN PARTICIPATE IN THE AUCTION!
COALITION BIG MAP SERIES
And just for the record MicroGoo, this map shows you the licensed and permitted spectrum LPTV has in the same region. We did our engineering, we then paid for and submitted our applications to the FCC, paid for our legal work, and then paid to build out our licensed facilities, and got our license to cover. You ain't waving no magic mouse and making our rights disappear.
It's a new free market FCC, so bring your checkbook if you want the spectrum. You have the vast majority of the country with plenty of available spectrum, except for a few small geo places in the dense cores. If your unlicensed wet dream can't be satisfied with that to start, why should da people give you spectrum for free? And for what? A disruptive business case which only works if you get free stuff while others have to pay for it? No way now in 2017 will that thinking work. Not in a free market FCC, no it won't. You say the unlicensed economy will bring riches to all, and vast tax revenue to the government? Pencil it out and show us!
We've homesteaded this spectrum for decades, and pay each month our tower leases, our engineers, our electrical bills, our internet, and for 100s of other expenses we have. You want the spectrum - buy it!
LICENSEES AND PERMITTEES
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