DomainTools Blog offers-up an extremely interesting post regarding new moves by Google:

Eric Schmidt (CEO of Google) wrote this letter to Congress explaining how they would like to run real-time auctions for air wave spectrum. Under the plan Google would auction off the spectrum in real-time so that multiple companies could use the air waves instead of being locked into a Government contract for several decades with just one provider.

The original plan was for the sale to bring in around $15 billion in a one time auction. But Google would pay the minimum amount of 4.6 Billion to be awarded the position of auctioneer for a continual auction that never ends. Giving out smaller time periods of spectrum space and allowing multiple companies to buy the spectrum. The proceeds from the continual auctions would be split with the Government. That $15 Billion dollars is about how much the US spends each month on the Iraq war. So the amount of money Google is proposing is about the same as 9 days of war in Iraq. Not a lot of money when you consider how much the US is wasting right now. If you have traveled out of the country lately you realize the US Dollar is not doing so well. I can buy a cup of coffee in London for $9 right now. I feel so poor when I am in Europe because I reflect back just a few years when my dollar was 50% more effective over there. Anyway, back to spectrum auctions.

This was one of the first articles that caught our attention this weekend, but in light of the fact that the source is filed under D for Domain News, we are extremely eager to find our what TechCrunch and the other W for Web and Web 2.0 News have got to say about it all.

The first other piece of Google news that seemed to shed some light on what it was that Google is presently getting from their government deals was a brief mention of Google Earth add-ons provided by NASA, which was reported by WebWare:

Google Earth users now have a really neat layer to play with, straight from the folks at NASA. It comes in the form of new astronaut photography, satellite imagery, and a mode called “Earth City Lights,” which shows the entire globe at night. The real standout, however, is the selection of shots from space. Many of these were taken at interesting times on the Earth’s landscape like volcanic eruptions, massive forest fires, dust storms, or the unusually thick ice on Lake Michigan during the winter of 2003. Each shot can be blown up and comes with a handy explanation of what makes it special.

At the moment, that was all that came-up, and in truth - none of the major web bloggers have yet mentioned the new moves by Google. Does anyone else have anything to say or add…?

Please check the comments to find out…