Ajit Pai

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Ajit Pai @AjitPai

In 1985, Evan Kwerel and Alex Felker proposed a new approach: what if the FCC auctioned licenses? This would be more efficient; it would "provide a return to taxpayers"; and the FCC would have useful information on the value of wireless services. Link: https://t.co/U0Q9Ws9Bow 3/5 https://t.co/To6cvh6Duu — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 29, 2021

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Ajit Pai @AjitPai

As outlined in this thread, the @FCC for many years distributed spectrum licenses through lotteries or comparative hearings ("beauty contests"). These were inefficient, unfair methods that didn't allocate this public resource to highest-valued uses. 2/5 https://t.co/WZfHJYRAnK — PolitiTweet.org

For years, the @FCC allocated frequencies using what were called “beauty contests.” Applicants would lobby the agen… https://t.co/bu4oV5Pc8K

Posted Oct. 29, 2021

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Following up on Evan's suggestion, Congress in 1993 granted the @FCC the authority to auction spectrum. The FCC has held over 100 auctions since, generating hundreds of billions of dollars for the @USTreasury and likely *trillions* of dollars of value for American consumers. 4/5 https://t.co/U0jFByu66N — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 29, 2021