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Originally Posted by OldDutch
Honest question but why? (Maybe not serious?) You seemed to always give Wind a push when you have been on here, what has changed?
It would have taken a year (at least) to roll out 700mhz in any way. So why not stick it out save money and see what the government does next.
If the govt is really that committed to competition, they will take some measure to help Wind. As I said before they may mandate cheap tower leases, and Wind should thrive.
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It was a comment made mostly of out frustration, so apologies in advance if the rest of this comes off as whining.
It's frustration to be honest. I've been looking forward to this auction for sometime and to have the one player be forced to pull out last minute is just a deflating feelings. It's like the Flames getting ready for what many think would be a long playoff run right before the playoffs and the entire team breaks there legs and are forced to withdraw from the post season.
At this point I truly don't believe the Government of Canada or the CRTC wants what's best for the wireless industry here, they just wanted to soak up as much money from these new entrants as possible. The foreign ownership rules are a joke and if they wanted to do cell tower sharing they would have done it sooner by now.
Wind isn't going anywhere for the foreseeable future, sure.. but I have a hard time seeing a real future now. They needed spectrum, bottom line. Yes they made a bid for Mobiliticy and their spectrum and yes they could re-purpose some of that AWS into LTE but it's not nearly enough. The was such a golden opportunity for a company like Wind and it's gone.
Obviously there are still some options. Between Telus, Bell and Rogers they can only bid on two of the prime paired blocks in each area, so what do they do if there is any left? Who knows... maybe Wind can get it some of it down the line.. but they won't be getting enough to form a real 4th national carrier anymore. The guys in Quebec and Sask are now guaranteed to do it and that'll leave Wind out of the national picture regardless.
Sorry for the rant but when it comes to this I'm totally deflated now. Frustrated.