<a href="https://rickcaylor.websitetoolbox.com/post/the-beginning-of-the-end-of-c-band-9717834" rel="nofollow">https://rickcaylor.websitetoolbox.com/post/the-beginning-of-...</a><p>Here’s a discussion from the side of the nerds who still consume these feeds.
The article wears its editorial bias rather strongly, and to me seems to imply that the public auction was a de facto giveaway to telcos. It fits my preconception of Ajit Pai's tenure.<p>Is there another perspective here? Were other interests served by reallocating this spectrum? I'd love to learn that this was sound technical policy or something.
There really is no excuse for the FAA holdup happening currently. The same spectrum has been in use in European nations for a while now as their primary 5G band. They have not run into any interference issues that would delay their rollout like this.<p>It also further helps T-Mobile as the spectrum they've been allocating for 5G is in the 600 MHz and 2.5 GHz range. T-Mobile owns some C-band but it's not set to be available until 2023 regardless. AT&T and Verizon, however, will be relying on C-band spectrum for the brunt of their 5G capacity. Without it, their networks are a tiny sliver of 850 MHz and/or mmWave with very limited coverage.