jobs, and raise billions of dollars that could go both to deficit reduction and to fund the mobile broadbent public safety network -- broadband public safety network recommended by the 9- eleven commission that is still not build. this bill still has not become a lot. a spectrum crunch looms and the costs of delay are significant and growing every day. the second broad band gap we need to close is the deployment gap. right now, about 20 million americans could not get broadband at home even if they wanted to. the infrastructure simply is not available in their communities. we cannot afford to have tens of millions of americans left out of the broadband economy. that is why we are moving to modernize universal service fund for broadband. last century, our century made a bold commitment to achieve universal access to the predominant communications technology of the time, analog telephone service. now, subsidizing the past is standing in the way of advancing the future. earlier this year, the fcc launched a proceeding to modernize this outdated program from telephone to broadband, transitioning

give me broadbent coverage. provide access to my children over the network. americans are asking for all of that and i'm saying, let's trust the american engineers to provide all of it. >> what next? are you going to meet your deadline? are you going to meet the time line you wanted given this new testing mandate? what is next? if i was an investor, i would be thinking, wow. hundreds could be killed. this is a public safety problem. >> we're working very hard and making sure we deliver and the fcc mandate to us to build the network on schedule. i would say that not only are we confident of making those commitments, we think we will cover 260 million americans by the end of 2014, a year ahead of the mandate, and we're able to do it because for the first time in the industry, first time anywhere in the world, the relationship we have with sprint. think about next year when we launched our network. i will give you an example. my family gets excited. my friend excited. today, if you want unlimited data and text on your cellular phone, go there. you can get a pack

be curious, and i recognize there was a study that said $20 billion to build out -- to build out broadbent availability. what would you all expect or anticipate, should we cap the fund? what should it be? what would it look like an 5-10 years recognizing we all have this need for public support to ensure all of our folks get broadband services? >> the 10-$20 billion i quoted was pork wireless, bringing 4g wireless throughout the united states. the notion -- >> is that more for fixed -- >> the notion of reform on the table is capping the fund, which we don't have a problem with. it is the balance of what is in that fund and how it is allocated. the balance of most of that fund if it stays at $4.50 billion should be in to fixed versus wireless. it flies in the face of where the world is heading. the fund should be capped, given that is the responsible thing to do. >> one of the things the 1996 act set out was that u.s. that should be specific in predictable and it should be sufficient. that is actually a part of the law as it stands today. one of the things about a cap is, how can you ensure

getting broadbent to native areas is an essential challenge to any reforms we launched today. bringing universal service into the 21st century is the only way we can extend the full range of communications services to places where those services will not otherwise go. the big is here, of course, is the universal service is finally going broadband. this is something of advocated for a long time. it is more than a decade overdue. these new tools and advancements in technology and communications services are essential to prosperity and well-being for our country. they are the essential tools of this generation like the whole and the plow -- the hell and the plow, the shovel and the saw were to our forbearers. whether we work in a factory or a farm, are effluent economically disadvantaged, fully able or living with a disability, every citizen has a need for an array to advance communication -- a right to advanced communications services. america cannot afford access denied unless we want to confine ourselves and our children to growing not shrinking digital divide. we are already