[RTC List] 700Mhz on the Redwood Coast

[Sean McLaughlin]

OK Folks -

Looking at maps of the winning bidders for 700Mhz frequencies - looks 
like the winning bidders for our area are:

A Block: Verizon (Del Norte & Siskiyou = US Cellular) - 12-megahertz 
with no open access requirements
B Block: US Cellular - 12-megahertz with no open access requirements
C Block: Verizon - 22-megahertz licenses, spectrum bound to the FCC’s 
open-access provision requiring winners to provide access to any device 
compatible with the network’s technology.
D Block: suspended - public safety requirements
E Block: Qualcomm for MediaFLO USA (Del Norte & Siskiyou = Frontier for 
EchoStar Corp.) - six megahertz of unpaired spectrum thought to be ideal 
for a streaming television service.

If anyone is doing analysis of what this means for local wireless 
broadband market - please share your insights!

Aloha.

-- 
Sean McLaughlin
Executive Director
Access Humboldt
P.O. Box 157, Eureka, CA 95502
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