. >> my name is catherine fong. i live in the district. i'm against the proposal of the u verse utility box. my place is across the street where they would like to place this industrial device. the stability of our investment is a necessity, not an inconvenience. it must not be devalued. we believe the present proposal would in fact degrade the quality of life in our neighborhood. our location is a place where property is stable and as such cannot have further ugliness without negatively affecting the property value. please note the dominance of come -- concrete in our public right-of-way. if at&t makes this even more industrial, it becomes as less desirable place to live. this is a simple economic fact. if this goes down, the city's tax space will go down. at&t has been providing voice and comcast has always been providing cable tv. comcast internet voice with tv and rates want to do the same. i don't have a problem with at&t funneling service to their infrastructure as long as it doesn't result in these massive boxes on our sidewalk. we