As it comes to a completion Industry Canada's wireless spectrum auction has seen the possible emergence of a fourth independent national wireless carrier and the collection of $4.1 billion in bids. In his opinion piece in the National Post decrying this auction, Terence Corcoran states that the government of Canada should not be auctioning off parts of the wireless spectrum as it imposes costs on business. What he does not state is what is the alternative? Should it be user first-come-first-served? Or should the government just give it all to Rogers or maybe CanWest? The opinion piece does not provide an answer.