Spectrum Reform

Public Knowledge Calls on FCC to Stop Verizon and AT&T Spectrum Sale

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Today Verizon announced plans to sell 39 lower 700 MHz B block licenses to AT&T. Previously, Verizon had offered to sell this spectrum in order to make its purchase of significant spectrum licenses from SpectrumCo, a group of cable companies, more palatable to the FCC.

At the time Public Knowledge warned the FCC during Verizon's purchase of spectrum from several cable companies that even if Verizon sold some of its existing spectrum to offset the public interest harms of the transaction, much of that spectrum would likely be sold to AT&T instead of smaller carriers. If AT&T acquired most of spectrum being offered by Verizon, Public Knowledge cautioned, the sales would not actually benefit consumer or competition in the wireless market.

The following statement may be attributed to Harold Feld, Senior Vice President:

Spectrum Screen Comments

November 29, 2012
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FCC Announces Broadcast Incentive Auctions and Spectrum Screen

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The Commission is voting to begin proceedings to determine how broadcast incentive auctions will work, and to evaluate how it limits spectrum concentration. Its agenda is linked here.

The following can be attributed to Senior Staff Attorney John Bergmayer:

"Today the FCC is taking two important steps to promote wireless broadband.

The Spectrum Gap Keeps Growing

Recently there have been a number of high-profile spectrum transactions. It is possible to describe them in a way that sounds beneficial. In the Verizon/SpectrumCO transaction, a lot of spectrum that was not being used will be sold to a company that will actually use it. In the AT&T/NextWave transaction a lot of spectrum that is not being used will be sold to a company that will actually use it. In a vacuum it is true that spectrum is better off used than not used, and as a legal matter it's also true that the FCC is generally not allowed to consider alternate buyers when deciding whether to approve a spectrum license transfer.

But this narrow view masks a large problem--a growing "spectrum gap" between Verizon and AT&T and the rest of the wireless industry, that is hobbling competition and harming consumers.



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But this narrow view masks a large problem--a growing "spectrum gap" between Verizon and AT&T and the rest of the wireless industry, that is hobbling competition and harming consumers.

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Recently there have been a number of high-profile spectrum transactions. It is possible to describe them in a way that sounds beneficial. In the Verizon/SpectrumCO transaction, a lot of spectrum that was not being used will be sold to a company that will actually use it. In the AT&T/NextWave transaction a lot of spectrum that is not being used will be sold to a company that will actually use it. In a vacuum it is true that spectrum is better off used than not used, and as a legal matter it's also true that the FCC is generally not allowed to consider alternate buyers when deciding whether to approve a spectrum license transfer.

But this narrow view masks a large problem--a growing "spectrum gap" between Verizon and AT&T and the rest of the wireless industry, that is hobbling competition and harming consumers.

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But this narrow view masks a large problem--a growing "spectrum gap" between Verizon and AT&T and the rest of the wireless industry, that is hobbling competition and harming consumers.

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The PCAST Report And The Inconvenient Truth About Federal Spectrum.

We have all kinds of reality-challenged folks in Washington. We got those who believe that we need to go back to the gold-standard and abolish the Federal Reserve. We got those who think vaccinations cause learning autism. To this we can now add “the folks who think we can keep finding federal spectrum to auction forever.”



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Public Interest Groups Ask FCC To Block Verizon Deals With Cable Companies

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) should not allow Verizon to enter into a complex series of transactions with the country's largest cable companies, nine public-interest groups, led by Public Knowledge, said Tuesday.

In the filing, the groups said that Verizon's arrangements to buy spectrum from Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Bright House, with a separate deal for Cox, would "would fundamentally alter the nature of the telecommunications world in a manner utterly contrary to that intended by the 1996 Telecommunications Act."

The groups on the filing are: Public Knowledge, Media Access Project, the New America Foundation Open Technology Initiative, Benton Foundation,1 Access Humboldt, Center for Rural Strategies, Future of Music Coalition, National Consumer Law Center, on behalf of its low-income clients, and Writers Guild of America, West

The Final Score on Spectrum Legislation: Bad Stuff Averted, Good Stuff Made Possible. I Call That A Win.

Last month, we warned about how some folks in Congress (with support of the usual suspects) wanted to get some really bad law on the future of wireless included in the Payroll Tax Cut Extension. The proposed law would have:

a. Stopped the FCC from having any kind of net neutrality conditions on any future wireless services the FCC would create by auctioning more wireless spectrum licenses.



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a. Stopped the FCC from having any kind of net neutrality conditions on any future wireless services the FCC would create by auctioning more wireless spectrum licenses.

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Last month, we warned about how some folks in Congress (with support of the usual suspects) wanted to get some really bad law on the future of wireless included in the Payroll Tax Cut Extension. The proposed law would have:

a. Stopped the FCC from having any kind of net neutrality conditions on any future wireless services the FCC would create by auctioning more wireless spectrum licenses.

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a. Stopped the FCC from having any kind of net neutrality conditions on any future wireless services the FCC would create by auctioning more wireless spectrum licenses.

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Public Interest Groups Call Spectrum Legislation 'Massive Step Backwards'

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Eighteen public interest and other groups today asked that Congress protect unlicensed spectrum in any agreement to provide funds for the payroll tax cut or other legislative spending.

In the letter to the conferees on the tax legislation, the groups said that the provisions now in the bill, "would be a massive step backwards in the evolution of our Nation’s wireless policy. They would lead to greater consolidation, higher consumer costs, and reduced openness in the wireless industry."

The group said there were three concerns that needed to be addressed -- that there are no safeguards for an open network, no safeguards against further industry consolidation and that the legislation would eliminate new "Super-WiFi."

A copy of the letter is here.

Those signing the letter are:

PK In The Know Podcast: DVD Ripping, Boxee, Spectrum, and the Open Design Engine



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On today's podcast we discuss efforts to make DVD ripping legal, allow Boxee to access cable subscriptions, and a horrible spectrum bill.  We also chat with J. Simmons of Mach 30 about building the Open Design Engine.

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On today's podcast we discuss efforts to make DVD ripping legal, allow Boxee to access cable subscriptions, and a horrible spectrum bill.  We also chat with J. Simmons of Mach 30 about building the Open Design Engine.

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It's Never Over For AT&T: Sting Of ATTMobile Defeat Lingers On and On

This is a great week for taking a step back for a good look at how Washington works.  It’s also a great demonstration of that wonderful saying, “It’s never over until it’s over.  And it’s never over.”

On the menu are AT&T’s failed takeover of T-Mobile, a bill to set rules for spectrum auctions, a payroll tax bill pending in Congress, a bill to change FCC procedures, and Verizon’s planned collaboration with Comcast and other cable companies.   They all have something in common:  big companies trying to obtain their fair advantage over consumers and competitors.  In these cases, it’s generally in the wireless market.



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On the menu are AT&T’s failed takeover of T-Mobile, a bill to set rules for spectrum auctions, a payroll tax bill pending in Congress, a bill to change FCC procedures, and Verizon’s planned collaboration with Comcast and other cable companies.   They all have something in common:  big companies trying to obtain their fair advantage over consumers and competitors.  In these cases, it’s generally in the wireless market.

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On the menu are AT&T’s failed takeover of T-Mobile, a bill to set rules for spectrum auctions, a payroll tax bill pending in Congress, a bill to change FCC procedures, and Verizon’s planned collaboration with Comcast and other cable companies.   They all have something in common:  big companies trying to obtain their fair advantage over consumers and competitors.  In these cases, it’s generally in the wireless market.

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