It's a realization that the world is changing and it's changing faster and faster. We saw that the sooner we did this, the better off we'd be.

AT&T will not block access to the public Internet or degrade service, period.

There's been a lot of talk about this in order to scare people into thinking that access to the Internet is somehow at risk, or that the Internet as we know it is a thing of the past. AT&T will not block anyone's access to the public Internet, nor will we degrade anyone's quality of service.

This is the brand that will lead the industry in delivering the next generation of communications and entertainment services,

This is a superior management team. They are the best in the industry, and I am confident they will do an outstanding job at this critical time in our company's history,

It was the right thing for the company,

We literally have hundreds of competitors coming in every day; it's nothing like the old days. If we're going to have the strength to compete, we better get our companies together.

We're going to be hard after the international business because AT&T has not used its name, influence and expertise. We think we can do that and do it well.

I can't forecast where our stock will be, but I'd be hard pressed to tell you any hole we have in our assets. It's about execution now.