The completed and fully operational rebuild is now in Block H of the museum, on the spot where Colossus No 9 stood during the war.

BBC: Colossus

The H Block should be subject to the same auction and rule making processes that have applied to other spectrum bands for decades.

ENGADGET: Dish's AWS-4 wireless spectrum standards approved by 3GPP

"Sprint's position on the H Block would render useless 25 percent of DISH's uplink spectrum -- so that Sprint is positioned to merely gain the exact same amount of spectrum, " said Blum.

ENGADGET: Dish's AWS-4 wireless spectrum standards approved by 3GPP

This approach will ultimately free up the H Block for its highest-and-best use based upon input from all interested parties, and will lead to more investment, more jobs, more competition and more spectrum for wireless consumers.

ENGADGET: Dish's AWS-4 wireless spectrum standards approved by 3GPP

Over the past several months, Sprint, which is in the process of being acquired by Japanese-controlled wireless carrier Softbank, has petitioned the FCC to drastically reduce the power levels of DISH's spectrum to further Sprint's desire to acquire the neighboring H Block spectrum, which today is essentially a vacant lot with no current licensees or users.

ENGADGET: Dish's AWS-4 wireless spectrum standards approved by 3GPP