If I were a software/services company buying the 700Mhz, I'd prefer to lease it out to the carriers for relatively cheap with the guarantees that:<br>a) any phones which met my 'open' criteria could use the spectrum with any leasing carrier, and
<br>b) possibly put an upper-bound on the price the consumer pays for access.<br><br>That would:<br>a) maximize the amount of innovation in the handset market,<br>b) make the tech the carriers use more consistent, making breaking into the carrier market more feasable in a few years,
<br>c) maximize the number of people using my software and my services (revenue? Is that good?). <br><br>Also, it would be one hell of an asset which provides constant returns without development costs on my part.<br><br>
But, then again, I'm not a Soooper-Geeenius (I like the way that sounds...). Maybe Google has other plans.<br><br>I don't want to wait the year or so until some of this starts to really play out. I'm looking for a new cell-provider now, and my options really suck. Everyone want me to pay $80/mo + 'taxes' and 'fees' for _basic_ service. I can't look at an extra $60/mo/phone for data if I'm not getting something for my money; and right now, there are no services that are worth it.
<br><br>Chris<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Nov 20, 2007 10:34 AM, Dave J. Hala Jr. <<a href="mailto:dave@58ghz.net">dave@58ghz.net</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I would seem to me that everything is dependent on the spectrum auction.<br>The cell companies are saying that Google doesn't have the expertise to<br>build a nation wide cell/data network. I think thats bull.<br><br>
I'm wondering if the cell providers will ban together to outbid google<br>-no matter what the price. I also wonder if they do that, will it lead<br>to their demise?<br><div><div> </div><div class="Wj3C7c"></div></div>
</blockquote><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br><br>On Tue, 2007-11-20 at 10:28 -0600, Bryan Baker wrote:
<br>> Did anyone else notice that they said they are using WebKit and touted<br>> it as the "standard"?<br>><br>> If nothing else it looks like a big force for Safari/Konquorer browser<br>> share.
<br>><br>> Does look pretty nice. I'm glad the floodgates are opening up. Mobile<br>> communications are getting very interesting, and long term this should<br>> drive prices down nicely - if anyone picks this up and runs w/ it.
<br>> That's the big question though, has anyone picked this up yet? I<br>> thought it was still all vapor.<br>><br>> On Nov 16, 2007, at 12:40 PM, Adk wrote:<br>> > <a href="http://tinyurl.com/2zvn87" target="_blank">
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