I don’t care so much about connected cars but rather than auction off spectrum, capturing the value through a rent — value that we create by using it in new ways — would be better.
The 3G network has to go away because the electromagnetic spectrum has a limited number of frequencies, and those frequencies are like real estate: you can’t really create new ones, and what’s there is very valuable.
Just look at this chart of how the RF spectrum was divided up in the United States around 2016:
And if we the people retained ownership, we might have more control over how it’s used. But mostly, I’m about the $ we should be collecting.