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Back in the early 00s, the “Digital Promise” org sought to set aside some spectral “land” to support digital education, just as the western reserve set aside la
by dr_dshiv 4y ago
Back in the early 00s, the “Digital Promise” org sought to set aside some spectral “land” to support digital education, just as the western reserve set aside land for public education. I thought it was a brilliant idea.
https://today.duke.edu/2001/04/digpromise406.html https://today.duke.edu/2001/04/digpromise406.html
- bmelton 4y agoMeanwhile, in the late 00s,federal agencies were selling their emergency spectrum allocations to the highest bidder (and apparently still are as of 2021) https://www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/publications/fifth_annual_report_1710-1755mhz_03302012.pdf https://www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/publications/fifth_annua...
- blitzar 4y agoThe Biggest Auction Ever: The Sale of the British 3G Telecom Licences https://www.jstor.org/stable/798361 https://www.jstor.org/stable/798361 What a time to be alive the early 00's were - where the possibilities of 3G was endless along with the profits. £22 billion for 3G on a tiny island was real money in 2000, and a lot more than the £2.3 billion or so they managed in 2014 for 4G and £1.3 billion in 2018 for 5G