BEagle,
I don't know why I keep repeating myself since you are clearly not listening, but here's one last attempt:
If auction does not feature in Ofcom's plans, why mention it?
Because the consultation has to be comprehensive and discuss all the options, otherwise it could be subject to judicial review. It mentions auctions only to
dismiss them in this context.
If it
didn't mention auctions before choosing AIP then:
(a) you would doubtless have jumped up and said "Oho! they haven't mentioned the auction option - they are keeping that one quiet to spring on us!"
(b) the anti-aviation lobby would immediately complain that the consultation was flawed and demand a new one with an auction as a valid alternative.
BTW:
To satisfy the government's greed, DVB bandwidth has been compressed well below the original recommendation
This has nothing whatever to do with the government's greed, or Ofcom's greed. It is the
broadcasters' greed, their desire to squeeze as many channels as possible into each multiplex. Ofcom have responded to the market, however unsatisfactory the result might be to listeners.
But this is all
way off topic in an aviation forum.