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Technology Stocks : Qualcomm Moderated Thread - please read rules before posting
QCOM 173.96+1.4%Nov 11 3:59 PM EST
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To: Ramsey Su who wrote (2540)8/29/2000 9:58:32 PM
From: Maurice Winn  Read Replies (1) of 196609
 
Ramsey, it doesn't matter who is cunning enough to grab the profits from the spectrum shortage, the subscriber will still pay on the basis of demand for the spectrum. If it's in short supply, which it obviously is going to be, [that's why the auction prices were high], subscribers will pay the full whack anyway, even if governments give it away.

I don't get it that people don't get it that if governments give spectrum away, it won't make the minutes or megabytes one cent cheaper.

It seems as simple as 1 + 1 + 1 = 3

Okay, that will cut out a lot of people who have trouble with complex mathematics and Fourier Transforms, but the rest should get it. Here's the Piha Wave Function:

$1 for the inventor [that's Q!]
$1 for the government
$1 for the service provider

That's 3 bucks full! Which is what the subscriber has to pay to get a byte at the spectrum.

Full spectrum is as full as it can get. Three bucks full!!!

Any more expensive and people will use it less. Any cheaper and there won't be enough to go around and somebody will miss out.

Okay, once again:

Baa Baa Black Sheep
Have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir
THREE BUCKS FULL!!!

One for the Master [Ed: That's Q!]
One for the Dame [Ed: That's the government, totalitarian or not]
And One for the little boy who lived down the lane [Ed: That's Verizon, France Telecom or whoever].

Okay, so here's the test:

How much will a subscriber have to pay to get a mouthful of bytes [NO...NOT lamb or sheep]?

Mqurice
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another clue
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"Hole in Juan"
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Mark McGiver hits a Homer and what does Babe do?
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.CURRENT PRICE IS ...
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How much is that?
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THREE BUCKS FULL!! Not a penny more, not a penny less.
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