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Verizon Wireless sues to get FCC rules of 700Mhz auction removed

Categories: AT&T, FCC, Verizon
By: , IntoMobile
Thursday, September 13th, 2007 at 5:02 PM

Verizon Wireless appeals FCC open access regulations on 700Mhz spectrumAnd we thought AT&T was the evil carrier. As much as we like to poke at AT&T for being the darkside of wireless carriers, we have to give it to them for their innovative offerings and liberal stance on consumer interests. The leading wireless carrier was recently noted as supporting FCC Chairman Kevin Martin’s successful push to get open-access rules attached to a significant slice of the 700Mhz frequency spectrum – that’s a good thing for consumers.

Today, we learn that Verizon Wireless has gone the evil-empire route and filed an appeal to overturn the FCC’s “unconstitutional” regulations on the 700Mhz spectrum. The open-access regulation attached to a 22Mhz slice of the 700Mhz spectrum would give consumers the power to choose whatever device and software they want to use – a boon for consumer rights. The auction, set for this coming January, will require a minimum $4.6 billion bid on this particular piece of the spectrum – but if the reserve price is not met, the open-access stipulation would be dropped and the auction repeated.

Shame on you, Verizon Wireless. Do you really think consumers are going give up their right to use whatever damn device they choose just because you think the FCC regulation “violates the U.S. Constitution, violates the Administrative Procedures Act … and is arbitrary, capricious, unsupported by the substantial evidence and otherwise contrary to law.” What is this? Communist Russia?

[Via: RCR News]

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Will Park

Will hails from The City of Angels - Los Angeles, California. He spends his time playing with his numerous gadgets and looking forward to seeing what future holds for mobile technology. An avid promoter of a fully "digital" life, he promotes the widespread adoption of truly mobile, paper-less living. He dreams of the day when he can go completely digital. No more snail mail, paper receipts, bound books, notepads/spiral notebooks, credit cards, hard currency. He's a digital warrior - fighting for the converged life. He is an idealist and a realist - he has a perfect view of what the world should be but knows that the world is not perfect. Can we ever hope to see Will's dream become reality? We'll see...

  • pseudofinn

    Evil. Pure evil.

    How can they justify this? :sad:

  • Dmytro

    yay! Communist Russia!

  • zbon

    verizon wireless has spent billions of dollars to make there system work well in the u.s. no other service provider has even come close, there merging and scrambling, because there wireless systems are not as good. You cannot fault them(verizon wireless) for trying to keep there service the best. eventually I see that we americans will not be tied to contracts, and will be able to use any cell phone with any carrier, of course that is and always be the american way. But to vilinize or lable verizon wireless as evil company is un-fair. they are a wonderful company, who respects and treats there employees with great respect, and has always looked out for the consumers

  • pseudofinn

    Oh? This is looking out for consumers? Okay… It’s about nothing more than protecting thier interests. Something comes along to threaten that- something good for the consumer and Verizon wants it stopped. Yes, wonderful group indeed. I had them all wrong.

  • NET9

    Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated. :mrgreen: