Bandwidth Auction
Have you been following the news about the upcoming bandwidth auction? Apparently, television broadcasters are required, in the very near future, to go all digital which will free up a ton of 700MHz bandwidth. The FCC is auctioning off the bandwidth and cellular phone providers are going crazy trying outbid each other.
One provider is particularly rabid about the whole process. It seems that Google is planning to bid on this new bandwidth, with the intention - get this - of letting consumers choose which company they use and use any existing phone while they do it. AT&T, for one, is really ticked off.
Currently, providers dictate what phones consumers can use and what services and sites will be provided. They also have contracts that institute extreme penalties for early termination. And they want to keep it that way.For example, I can't change from T-Mobile to Cingular without paying a stiff penalty. And even if that wasn't a problem, I couldn't take my Nokia with me; it's a T-Mobile authorized phone. If I want to change carriers, I have to get a new phone. Google is saying that I should be able to use this phone with any carrier, get all of the services and sites that I want, and change service whenever I want - and they want legislative changes so that all carriers have to offer these options.
Why it's almost un-American! Giving the consumer what they want?! Has Google lost their mind?! I hope they win the bidding war and finally bring some sanity back to owning a cell phone.
One provider is particularly rabid about the whole process. It seems that Google is planning to bid on this new bandwidth, with the intention - get this - of letting consumers choose which company they use and use any existing phone while they do it. AT&T, for one, is really ticked off.
Currently, providers dictate what phones consumers can use and what services and sites will be provided. They also have contracts that institute extreme penalties for early termination. And they want to keep it that way.For example, I can't change from T-Mobile to Cingular without paying a stiff penalty. And even if that wasn't a problem, I couldn't take my Nokia with me; it's a T-Mobile authorized phone. If I want to change carriers, I have to get a new phone. Google is saying that I should be able to use this phone with any carrier, get all of the services and sites that I want, and change service whenever I want - and they want legislative changes so that all carriers have to offer these options.
Why it's almost un-American! Giving the consumer what they want?! Has Google lost their mind?! I hope they win the bidding war and finally bring some sanity back to owning a cell phone.
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