Google/Sprint/Clearwire

by on August 3, 2007 · 7 comments

Harold Feld speculates on a Google/Sprint/Clearwire consortium. All well and good – and just as viable without a government subsidy, in an open, full-price auction.

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Jim Harper is the Director of Information Policy Studies at The Cato Institute, the Editor of Web-based privacy think-tank Privacilla.org, and the Webmaster of WashingtonWatch.com. A Poli Sci major at the University of California at Santa Barbara, Jim served as Editor-in-Chief of the Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly in his final year at Hastings College of the Law. Prior to becoming a policy analyst and advocate, Jim served as counsel to committees in both the U.S. House and Senate. He avoids genuine life experience by watching lots and lots of reality TV.

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  • http://www.wetmachine.com Harold Feld

    Just from curiosity, are you only objecting to the C Block “open access,” or do you also object to the license size and adoption of anonymous bidding.

  • http://www.cato.org/people/harper.html Jim Harper

    Just “open access.”

  • http://www.cato.org/people/harper.html Jim Harper

    I should reserve the right to object to other dimensions of the auction rules. ;-P Haven’t thought about them that much.

  • http://www.wetmachine.com Harold Feld

    Just from curiosity, are you only objecting to the C Block “open access,” or do you also object to the license size and adoption of anonymous bidding.

  • http://www.cato.org/people/harper.html Jim Harper

    Just “open access.”

  • http://www.cato.org/people/harper.html Jim Harper

    I should reserve the right to object to other dimensions of the auction rules. ;-P Haven’t thought about them that much.

  • http://www.chicagoduilawyer.biz Chicago DUI Lawyer

    In my opinion Google is a clear monopoly, and it is just a matter of time before the Govt. acts to break them up. If I were a betting man, I would bet against the google stock going up.

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