much it will cost to buy out the broadcasters at the collective broadcasters for a gain of 126 mega hertz. howard: there is going to be 100 mega hurts. does that make you feel better about the spectrum? there is going to be a lot of spectrum available? michael: i would like to release as much spectrum as possible. 126. i would like it to be the case. the chairman has indicated we will go through multiple stages as necessary. if there's not enough bidding, those people purchasing on the wireless carrier side, then we'll drop down. we'll drop down to a different tier until they get equilibrium. e will wind up having less spectrum. i don't know as you indicated very succinctly. if we set it up in a thoughtful way it can be replicated in the united states, it is another option in a number of years. but it can be adopted elsewhere. hopefully without the social pollly. howard: this is tied into the move and wireless companies are lking about 5g, the next generation of service, is the u.s. staying in a competitive? michael: i'm pushing. the incentive auction is one piece of it and aavailable spe

and to senator dane's point about the primitive nature, i also knew we were putting in 200 mega hertz of spectrum to create the sixth cell phone license in america that everyone would have one in their pocket by the year 1995. so that's how quickly that all changed. so we were building in, i was building in consumer protections. now when people hold this phone in their pocket right now and it starts to ring, people say, it's probably somebody i know. i think i'll take the call on my wireless device. i think i'll take it. why? because the protections in it that law in 1991 are very high for wireless devices. it's probably somebody you know. that's what you think. but when the phone is ringing at home at night, even today that land line phone, people look at it almost terrorize d. it could be somebody i don't know. it could be somebody that's going to harass me. it could be somebody that's calling me the same way they were in 1991 or 2001. that's the truth. should we change the laws to make it easier to call people on these wireless devices? i don't think so. because it's personal. it's