Archive for May 30th, 2007

700

Many many comments filed here.  And the Commission is asking for comments in response to Google's question:  “Do the Commission’s existing rules governing commercial spectrum in the 700 MHz Band already allow licensees to utilize 'dynamic auction mechanisms,' such as real-time auctions and per-device registration fees”?

It's a big story, and I'll be blogging about it – lots of drama.

But my favorite story today (still catching up with email and news) was about lunch delivery in Mumbai:

The precision and efficiency of the dabbawallas have been likened to
the Internet, where packets identified by unique markers are ferried to
their destination by means of a complex network.

“There is a service called FedEx that is similar to ours — but they don’t deliver lunch,” said one dabbawalla, Dhondu Kondaji Chowdhury.