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Google Accused of 'Gaming' FCC Auction

Lawmakers say firm made fake bids to trigger open access

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Apr 16, 2008 3:31 PM CDT

(Newser) – Republican lawmakers are charging that Google manipulated an FCC bandwidth auction to get a free ride on the airwaves, PC World reports. The internet giant is accused of bidding purely to bump up the price to a level where rules trigger open access—and then... Read full story »

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