i noticed evene, when you asked the question and you read the craig aaron quote, the question talks aboutsers. the question talks about the edge providers. i think we should be clear on thereing, which is that is sometimes a misconception that these rules have always been with us since the dawn of time, like that opening scene in 2001 space odyssey. there are the rules and there is this cloud is -- cataclysmic change in the industry. it is not like that. they have been there for just a couple of years. what has been protecting consumers for two decades now is the fact that our incentive is to provide users connectivity how they wanted, where they wanted, when they want it. competition in providing consumers what they want is what provides the protection for consumers. nothing changed in terms of how that was working when the rules were passed. nothing changed when the rules were struck down. i want to be clear on that. they are two different issues. one is the open internet rules. the other is the jurisdictional underpinning that the fcc looks to him promulgating these rules. the reason w

so to start us off with this question and for your comments, i just want to quote craig aaron who is ceo of free press and tell you what he said after the d.c. circuit's ruling. quote, this ruling means the internet users will be pitted against the biggest phone and table companies and in the absence of any oversight these companies can now block and discriminate against their customers communications at will. we are disappointed that the court came to this conclusion, closed quote. now, to my mind, at least, it seems clear to me absent a further appeal that under the d.c. circuit's opinion, the fcc lacks authority to impose the very same regulations that it put in place before the court said, amounted to common carriage. again, i'm just assuming absent, further appeal or change in the law. yet, the court also said in its opinion that pursuant to the now famous section 706 in the communications act, and in conjunction with what verizon in its appeal and the descent as well by the way, referred to as the triple cushion shot theory of promoting broadband deployment, it seems clear that