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Foxconn showcases tiny PD-W1001 DLP projector {Engadget HD}
Jun 4th 2008 5:20PM What kind of lumins can these things put out?
FCC may put another 25MHz of spectrum on the block for "free broadband" {Engadget}
May 24th 2008 12:55PM You need to have an organization that regulates the spectrum. If we didn't have the FCC then the company with the biggest tower would own it all. Things like radio and TV would be impossible because there would be no way to organize who gets what.
What you don't seem to understand is that the spectrum belongs to everyone and these auctions are there to ensure that if companies want to capitalize on it they have to first agree to requirements that will benefit the rest of us.
Also, there's different reasons they use an auction instead of say, a random draw. It shows commitment. You aren't getting a small company that doesn't have the ability to follow through. Also, you seem to get the feeling that the money goes into the "pockets of the FCC." As if anyone was making money off of this deal. It just means you pay LESS taxes because less has to be given to the FCC.
