# Verizon Wireless Wins 700mhz Auction? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [February 6, 2008, 11:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizon-wireless-wins-700mhz-auction/43010 "2008-02-06T11:13:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RuBiCaNT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rubicant/32/7622_2.png) [@RuBiCaNT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RuBiCaNT)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 11:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizon-wireless-wins-700mhz-auction/43010/1 "2008-02-06T11:13:14Z")
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**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 11:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizon-wireless-wins-700mhz-auction/43010/2 "2008-02-06T11:18:16Z")
wow, 5 billion dollars is going to require a lot of forced “get it now” crap, “unlimited” capped data plans, and 2 year contracts for everything to recoup… ---
**Author:** ![woz](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/woz/32/7605_2.png) [@woz](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/woz)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 11:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizon-wireless-wins-700mhz-auction/43010/3 "2008-02-06T11:21:30Z")
> [@Joe](#): > > wow, 5 billion dollars is going to require a lot of forced “get it now” crap, “unlimited” capped data plans, and 2 year contracts for everything to recoup… technically the unlimited data plans are not longer capped, they just turn your connection speed down after 5gigs. either way its from people using the cards or bbc for gaming or linking it to multiple computers, its unlimited for intended use. ---
**Author:** ![Geehee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geehee/32/7238_2.png) [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 11:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizon-wireless-wins-700mhz-auction/43010/4 "2008-02-06T11:40:54Z")
> [@originalsin](#): > > technically the unlimited data plans are not longer capped, they just turn your connection speed down after 5gigs. either way its from people using the cards or bbc for gaming or linking it to multiple computers, its unlimited for intended use. word. and i would have liked to see what google would do with it. ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 11:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizon-wireless-wins-700mhz-auction/43010/5 "2008-02-06T11:42:39Z")
its just nice to know that Open-Access is “guaranteed” now. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Russian](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/the_russian/32/7414_2.png) [@The\_Russian](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/The_Russian)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 12:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizon-wireless-wins-700mhz-auction/43010/6 "2008-02-06T12:13:16Z")
FUCK~! ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2008, 12:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizon-wireless-wins-700mhz-auction/43010/7 "2008-02-06T12:21:21Z")
:tdown: ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2008, 6:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizon-wireless-wins-700mhz-auction/43010/8 "2008-02-08T06:51:31Z")
> [@Joe](#): > > wow, 5 billion dollars is going to require a lot of forced “get it now” crap, “unlimited” capped data plans, and 2 year contracts for everything to recoup… Didn’t a new lawsuit fix this? Arent all new phones sold after sometime this year required to not force their specific Get It Now and interface? ---
**Author:** ![Anonymity](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/anonymity/32/7215_2.png) [@Anonymity](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Anonymity)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2008, 7:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/verizon-wireless-wins-700mhz-auction/43010/9 "2008-02-08T07:25:20Z")
oh, and it is MHz not mhz…