Consumerist: great wireless auction

Verizon, Not Google Is The Big Wireless Spectrum Winner

Meg Marco — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 22:46:53 EDT

Choke back the tears, kids—Verizon, not Google won the majority of the wireless spectrum actioned off by the FCC.

Ever-crafty Google, which campaigned heavily for "open network" regulations on the spectrum (and won that battle), seems to have gotten its way without spending any money.

Verizon, not Google is big winner in spectrum auction [Bizjournals]
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The Great Wireless Auction raised $19 billion ...

Meg Marco — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:25:01 EDT

The Great Wireless Auction raised $19 billion dollars for the U.S. Government. According to Wired, they're going to use it to buy converter boxes for people who don't have digital tvs.

Hmm. [Ars Technica]

Government Launches TV Converter Box Coupon Website

Meg Marco — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 11:34:15 EST

The U.S. government, in its infinite wisdom, has launched a website that allows you to apply for a "converter box" coupon so that your analog-only TV will work after the digital transition.

We'd love to tell you more about the website, but we can't get most of it to load, and neither could the reader who told us about it.

We're also not sure how people without internet access are supposed to apply. If any of you manage to get the website to work, you can post your thoughts about it in the comments. We're going to stop clicking and go make some coffee.

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