mr. commisso, even though you have got 5000 plus employs -- mr. commisso: 4600. host: 1500 communities, etc., you are considered a smaller operator. do you have a position when it comes to the comcast-time warner merger? mr. commisso: we have not filed any comments with the fcc. so i think these, hopefully our market deals. and i have to live with the consequences of them getting bigger and me staying where i am. but i can accept that because that is the free market. that is the way the market operates. what i cannot accept -- if the government -- after i spent the money. i spent $7.3 billion in the last 19 years. you do not want to repeat that again. i spent it under one set of rules, and i do not want to -- the rules to change. that's the government intrusion into my business. it's absolutely uncalled for. given what has developed in this country over the last 15 years given the fact this is the engine of our future, the engine of innovation. this internet is good for everyone. so, it's ok to take care of the big companies in silicon valley because this is not

mr. commisso mr. o'reilly when he was talking about the title ii regulation used the word for parents to express his doubts that the fcc is going to keep some of those taxes that you were just mentioning away. why doesn't o'reilly or you believe chairman wheeler when he says those new taxes and no fees are going to plug your company's? >> guest: well because for instance i think he spoke about no tariffs, no regulation but that is on day one. he also has in order for anyone to file a lawsuit, for anyone to bring a procedure to the fcc and you know what happens. the rates are too high or whatever, i have to hire more. so the fact that there is no regulation a teacher feature today but not necessarily true tomorrow. once this regulatory this monstrous regulatory scheme is put into place which by the way goes back to 1934 when there was a true monopoly operating the phone system all over the u.s.. we don't know what the next three commissioners assuming they are democrats or whatever they may be and i do

mr. commisso: this will increase the rates to consumers. why's that? are going to impose on us regulatory fees, additional rental fees, taxes at the local level, i think utilities regulatory utilities in the states we operate are going to get into the act. i have not found one government that does not want to raise more money. it is going to give an opportunity to raise more money. announcer: monday night on "the communicators" on c-span 2. join american history tv next saturday and sunday, march 14 and 15, for live coverage of a conference focusing on the closing weeks of the civil war in 1 865. topics include the battle of sailor's creek and the surrender and legacy of appomattox. live next saturday and sunday, march 14 and 15, at longwood university in virginia on american history tv on c-span 3. announcer: each week american history's reel america brings you films that tell the story of the 20th century. on bloody sunday, march 7, 1955, 600 civil rights activists were attacked with clubs in selma alabama. images of the members of the voting rights

mr. commisso: mediacom is what they used to call cable-television companies.rted our company back in 1995. little by little our mission at that time was to go out and which is maintained, to deliver to the air in smaller markets in the