[opendtv] Re: Talk about living in the past

  • From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:28:06 -0400

Bob Miller wrote:

> Judging from AT&T's buy of Aloha the Telcos are back and
> will take all this spectrum at whatever it cost just
> like British Telecom and Deutsch Telecom did in 2000. The
> logic seems to be to pay any price to take it off the
> table and keep new entrants out just as Google suggested.

That's what's so weird about these auctions. They seem designed to help
create new monopolies. The same people who thought it was such a good
idea to break up AT&T have put in place a scheme that seems to foster a
return to the old days.

Nor are they are likely to balance the budget in any meaningful way,
these days.

Bert
 
 
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