Seems like this is thanks to the open applications rule of the 700MHz spectrum auction, Block C[1], that Google lobbied to include and then bid to ensure that i

Seems like this is thanks to the open applications rule of the 700MHz spectrum auction, Block C[1], that Google lobbied to include and then bid to ensure that it would apply. That spectrum was bought by Verizon for the contiguous 48 states. [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_2008_wireless_spectrum_auction http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_2008_wireless_spe...