As I'm sure you all know, the federal government auction for the 700MHz spectrum that will be freed up after the analog shut-off in Feb. 2009 ended last week after weeks of bidding. You can check out some stories about the outcome in this week's Beyond the Headlines e-newsletter. Obviously, the big winners were Verizon and ATT&T, both of which spent a hefty sum for more than 100 licenses each.

 Two of the more interesting plays in the bidding war, I would say, were those of Google and Dish Network, though I feel like Dish is being more shady whereas Google was totally savvy -- not expecting to win, but just to influence the bidding battle so the C block would be open to more than just the buyer (which makes sense w/ the announcement of its Android Open Handset Alliance platform -- nice, strategic move). But, what is Dish going to do w/ the spectrum it bought and why is the company tight-lipped about it? Well, they're going to have to talk on April 3 anyway, according to the rules.

Did the auction pan out as you had hoped/expected? Has good overcome evil?