700 MHz Endgame: Has AT&T Asked Bush to Put Thumb On Scale?

700 MHz Endgame: Has AT&T Asked Bush to Put Thumb On Scale?

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Unsurprisingly, in the swirl of folks around this week's House Commerce “iPhone” Hearing, rumors and gossip about the 700 MHz Endgame abounded. In the nasty-but-sadly-believable category comes a rumor that the Bells have asked (through a wholly owned subsidiary in the House) for the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to do a “study” on whether any open access condition (of any definition) or other incumbent restriction (such as the spectrum caps urged by the Public Interest Spectrum Coalition) will depress auction revenue.