so the bidding for the 700Mhz wireless spectrum is over and the winners have been decided. verizon has been declared the winner but why should you care?
well this new spectrum is what future wireless data is going to be running on. in the future, there's a very high chance that > 90% of internet will run over wireless. if this happens, the rules that are decided now are going to have a major effect on everyone in the future.
it could be the difference in having to pay for valuable programs or getting them for free. this may not 'click' for you, but if developers, like myself, can put applications on your phone for free, the apps will be made for you, the consumer. on the flip side, a developer like me wouldn't be able to pay the thousands of dollars it would cost to get my apps on your phone. the only people that would are big companies, driven by profit giving you shitty applications that you could still really use, but have to pay for because they want to squeeze every cent out of you that they can.
it all boils down to one basic statement: open means for the consumer, closed means for the business. now where does google fit into this?
google manipulated the system by putting in an early minimum big for the big spectrum, and got laws passed that will: 1.) allow almost any phone to be allowed on almost any phone network (i.e verizon or at&t) 2.) allow almost any app to be put on that phone for free.
this is huge for consumers, though google won't be getting much credit for it in the media(who obviously won't benefit much from this). google, keep up being the friendly giant :)
check the link for more info:
techcrunch.com
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