We don't see how that can help competition, and ultimately we think it results in the restriction in the program that gets to the public and higher prices.

The simple fact of the matter is that competition is good for consumers.

Telecommunications has now gone from a regulated monopoly to an unregulated duopoly with just two major players. Consumers know that is not enough competition to lower their prices and drive innovation.

This is the end of traditional head-to-head competition.

The fiction that a lot of competition will protect the public is dead.