Aftermath of the spectrum auction's first day
Thrax
🐌Austin, TX Icrontian
<p>As we reported <a href="http://icrontic.com/news/uhf_spectrum_auction_begins">yesterday</a>, the FCC has begun the auction to own a slice of the airwaves. The results have been rolling in, and Icrontic is here to filter it out for ya. </p>
<p>Ars has a spiffy diagram on <a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080125-spectrum-auction-starts-draws-over-2-7-billion-in-first-day-bids.html">their analysis</a> which shows how the various frequencies have been allocated to a "Block." A block is what the FCC is calling a chunk of the spectrum that was previously a TV channel as described in our <a href="http://icrontic.com/news/uhf_future_internet_you">explanation of this auction's importance</a>. </p>
<p>The C and D blocks are the most coveted, as they could be used to deploy a nation-wide wireless network in the United States. Currently, the highest bid on the C-block stands at $1.24bn USD, and yesterday's lone bid for the D-block comes in at less than a half billion US dollars. </p>
<p>Naturally, {IC} will be there to keep you up to date from start to finish.</p>
<p>Ars has a spiffy diagram on <a href="http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080125-spectrum-auction-starts-draws-over-2-7-billion-in-first-day-bids.html">their analysis</a> which shows how the various frequencies have been allocated to a "Block." A block is what the FCC is calling a chunk of the spectrum that was previously a TV channel as described in our <a href="http://icrontic.com/news/uhf_future_internet_you">explanation of this auction's importance</a>. </p>
<p>The C and D blocks are the most coveted, as they could be used to deploy a nation-wide wireless network in the United States. Currently, the highest bid on the C-block stands at $1.24bn USD, and yesterday's lone bid for the D-block comes in at less than a half billion US dollars. </p>
<p>Naturally, {IC} will be there to keep you up to date from start to finish.</p>
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