esser is president of cox communications. if you would, start by giving us a snapshot of cox communications. >> guest: cox communications, we just celebrated our 50th anniversary of a company. we're a private company, part of cox enterprises, our larger parent entity. we serve about six million commercial and residential customers across the country, about ten million households. we're a telecommunications, broadband, video, voice -- as i said earlier -- business and residential services. and i think we're known, our commitment to our people, our commitment to our customers and investments we've made in our communities is really what our reputation is. >> host: mr. accesser, is cox communications a growth company right now? >> guest: it is a growth company. it's been a growth company for a lot of years. we isn't get here easily. we've always been focusing on what's important for the business, and in 1986 as an example of more recent times when the telecom act went into effect, in 1997 we were rolling out digital video, we wer

esser is cox communications a growth company right now? >> it is growth company. it's been a growth company for other lot of years. we didn't get here easily. in 1996, more recent times, when the telecom act went into effect. in 1997 we were rolling out digital video, background services, residential telephone services, commercial services, and bringing the bundle to the market. the first in the country to start bundling products together, and the customers responded positively. high penetration today and we're able to get into new businesses that others didn't dream about because we got in so early, and we were rewarded for that. >> host: how important is business to business to cox? >> guest: we were early in a company called teleport, where we took the commercial space, and at the same time we were rolling out residential services and the two came together, and we saw this opportunity in the market for small to medium businesses that were being underserved, and we have been focused how to cover that market. and today business services represents a billion-five

. >> we want to introduce pat esser. he is president of cox communications. give us a snapshot of cox communications? >> we celebrated our 50th anniversary. we are a private company part of cox enterprises. we serve about 6 million commercial and residential customers across the country. about 10 million households. we are a broadband, video, , business and residential services business. we are known. our commitment to our people and customers and investments we our made is what reputation is. >> is cox communications a growth company right now? >> it is. it has been a growth company for a lot of years. we did not get here easily. we a focus on what is important. 1996 as an example when the telecom act went into effect. we were rolling out digital video and broadband services and residential telephone services. will the first two's -- we were the first to start bundling. our customers responded positively. we are able to get into new businesses that others cannot join about because we got him so early. we were rewarded for that. >> how important is business t