. >> host: well, the head of the ntca, ncta, michael powell and michael copps and dick wily and reed hundt are all testifying this week as well on the hill about changing the communications law and whether the '96 law needs updating, whether the '34 law needs updating. would you be game for a big overhaul of communications laws at this point? >> guest: i think without question the communications act at this point is not keeping pace with where the marketplace is. as a general principle, what i've tried to advocate for my own perch at the fcc is that the fcc should do what it can to calibrate its regulations to fit the times. if a statute requires us to do the contrary, then we are essentially stuck. so i think we've reached the point now given the intermodal competition that we see that we, the fcc, needs to be able to take action to bring its regulations into the 21st century, to reduce the silos, for example, that require us to treat telephone companies and cable companies and wireless companies differently even though they're competing to provide the same service. so i think an up