Would you kick a gimpy person just as they were standing on their foot , about to walk for the first clock time in years ? AT&T would ! Againstall betting odds , WiMax just might make it , pendingthe uniting of Sprint and Clearwire ’s WiMax division . So AT&T filed with a petition with the FCC to block it . The rationale behind AT&T ’s petition is basically that the deal requires more examination . Their official statement on the matter , sent to us by an AT&T spokesman , is that , “ While AT&T does not fundamentally oppose the underlying dealing , Sprint and Clearwire should be necessitate to demonstrate that its merger serves the public interest just like any other provider would have to do . ” Specifically , a substantial ball of the 2.5GHz spectrum their web will run on isactually leased from the school and non - profits(which employ it for the Educational Broadband Service).According to Ars , AT&T is argue that if you count the spectrum retention Sprint and Clearwire lease from the EBS license holders , they pass the door requiring a “ competitive analysis ” of what the spectrum landscape would depend like post - merger , which they do n’t have in their fusion filing . Even though , as Ars points out , when AT&T buy Dobson Communications last class , they said EBS spectrum did n’t really look . So , it has to be require — is AT&T in the end frightened of WiMax ? [ Ars Technica ]
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