There is an excellent piece in Law Firm Bennet & Bennet's Rural Signals newsletter about the upcoming auction of AWS spectrum in the 1.7 GHz and 2.1 GHz range. Here is a chart they offer on the band plan. The first auction is set for June 2006. I highly recommend reading the full analysis. It is complex. Basically though the upshot is that acquiring the spectrum is only part of the cost. There are numerous protective requirements for existing users in the spectrum range as well as others in side bands. Much to know. But potentially very valuable spectrum encompassing 90 MHz of spectrum. The expectation is that 1,122 licenses will be awarded. Voice, video and data are all allowed as is both fixed and mobile broadband. Tim Sanders tim@thefinalmile.net  www.thefinalmile.net  www.wimaxglobalnews.com