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The government gave the TV stations the spectrum in the 50's for free. The mistake in the auction design was the FCC not simply taking the spectrum space back
by bluedevil2k 6y ago
The government gave the TV stations the spectrum in the 50's for free. The mistake in the auction design was the FCC not simply taking the spectrum space back from the TV stations and auctioning it off as fresh spectrum blocks. The frequencies weren't being used by TV stations since the digital switch-over in the mid 2000's.