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nitrogen
on July 31, 2014
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Sprint Will Sell a $12 Wireless Plan that Only Con...
It is, because only
one
of those carriers can use each frequency band, and only
those
carriers can provide service at all.
wmf
on July 31, 2014
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So basically every company is a "monopoly" because only they can use their property. And AFAIK any company could have bought spectrum (e.g. cable companies bought spectrum).
nitrogen
on Aug 1, 2014
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Not any company owns "property" that permeates my house via RF, and not any company can afford a $4bil spectrum auction.
wmf
on Aug 1, 2014
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I wonder which costs more, the spectrum or the towers.
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