it's unaffected by this deal. >> host: and finally, mr. britt, it's an election year, so congress is not terribly active at this point. but do you expect or do you anticipate, would you like to the see congress take on telecom reform after the 2012 election? >> guest: i -- as the ceo of a company in this industry, i would say, yes, because the last two acts of congress that affected this industry were one in 1992 which pretty much changed the television landscape, and that's now 20 years old and an awful lot has changed since then. then in 1996 there was another act that mainly dealt with long distance and local telephone, but it did change some aspects of the television part too. so that wasn't quite 20 years ago, but it was a long time. so i think given the changes in technology and the internet which was barely even thought of back then, um, it is appropriate, and i do hope congress takes this up. as a citizen, i think it has to be put in context. there's many issues of the world, and they may be more important than this. so i think it's all