Echostar prepares potential bankruptcy filing

[Yespage]

In what way was my post political?

Some people have a hair trigger on politics here, which includes any mention of government. Obviously, one can not mention the FCC without mentioning the government.

 

[llokey]

In what way was my post political?

Quoting the article you shared "FCC Chairman Brendan Carr is directing EchoStar to sell AWS-4 spectrum assets, holdings that happen to be coveted by Elon Musk's SpaceX, reports Bloomberg." Note the word directing. Hence the government is directing a private company what to do. If offering an opinion that is challenging this statement is political, then the original post is political.

Actually IMHO (which doesn't matter), neither one is political.

 

[telstar_1]

Is Dish actually using the spectrum?.. if not...there is a law against buying spectrum just to sell it for profit ( instead of actually using it and selling it as part of a network)

Not a law, but effectively so. A contractual obligation. Absolutely he cannot simply sell any of the spectrum, that was rule 1 of the auctions, no reselling. Also he has to make commercially effective use of the spectrum by certain deadlines (which are now passing) or surrender it without recompense. That is, presumably IF and WHEN the gov't (FCC) should opt to exercise the obligation. Finally, and I don't know the answer to this, but there could be language as to deployment that would limit it to terrestrial use...or there may not, and he's now going to try for a starlink.

 

[telstar_1]

Quoting the article you shared "FCC Chairman Brendan Carr is directing EchoStar to sell AWS-4 spectrum assets, holdings that happen to be coveted by Elon Musk's SpaceX, reports Bloomberg." Note the word directing. Hence the government is directing a private company what to do. If offering an opinion that is challenging this statement is political, then the original post is political.

Actually IMHO (which doesn't matter), neither one is political.

Unless I completely misunderstood things, C had to put the spectrum to gainful work by a deadline or lose it altogether- not be paid back for having it taken back. What would be the risk in that? He could then drag out using it without real penalty. Gov't wants both its $ as well as the spectrum to go into productive use.