Mischa Beitz

No. I don't mean the lackluster Android announcement (I still think OpenMoko is a more intriguing option).

Google CEO Eric Schmidt confirmed recently that

GOOGLE WILL BID ON THE 700 MHz SPECTRUM (and here)

saying,

"We believe it's important to put our money where our principles are."

Halla-f'ing-lujah!

Finally the geeks are putting their deep pockets to work and, hopefully, cracking the telecom oligopoly just a wee bit. Best news in months . . . if not years.

That said, it's still sad that it takes an outrageously cash-rich, private, internet company to step in and do the right thing (or so we hope) where congress and the FCC have demonstrated (repeatedly) their complete ineptitude with respect to protecting the public's interest in our airwaves.

Good luck Jan. 24th Google . . . we'll all be watching.