is anator grassley, there law that argument of the way the law has been interpreted as geographicallythe characteristics of the industry. this may be a different scenario because we are in a new, modern age of top do you think of that when you evaluate the effect on consumers? >> yes. that was one of the questions i had. mr. cohen was there. i asked that question. -- when it content comes to content, will it cause rate -- it could have an impact. when comcast makes a certain deal, maybe in the less smartly -- sparsely populated areas of the country, it could have an adverse effect. pricer the drive down the and it is raise him or else. that is one example. that hethe position would not raise rates for anybody else. we also had a consumer representative there. other interests were represented. the consumer interest took exception to what he said. this point, what are the pros of a possible deal? what is in it for consumers? >> in a highly competitive environment, where there are all sorts of new technologies and tomorrow will be different than it is today, that we were talking about th