nick bilton.ways, we appreciate your time, and jon steinberg, thanks for coming by. >>> let's check the markets at this hour. we've had quite a choppy morning so far. but right now the dow is back in positive territory. the markets largely started climbing off of their lows on a more positive-than-expected report for existing home sales and shares of mcdonald's rallying after earnings topped analysts' estimates. u.s. sales fell more than 2.5%, thanks to tough competition and strong dollar. but that stock still up about 4% this morning. >>> meantime shares of boeing slipping after earnings and revenue missed expectations. the company did meet its jet delivery goals, but. stock is down about 2.25%. and kelly, it's the biggest laggard on the dow so far this morning. >> an index, only about 40 points this morning. >>> coming up the tech earnings parade will continue, we'll tell you what to watch for when facebook reports after the bell. >>> plus speaking of facebook, its $21 billion acquisition making

nick bilton, journalist for "the new york times." lot to get to today. let's start with verizon. bundle. the company announcing today, vios service will start offering new packages, giving customer the freedom to pay for channels they want to watch. verizon's president joined us on "squawk on the street." >> as you look at the economics of going purely ala carte, those aren't good economic force the business, based on how content is sold today, i think as you begin to look into the future and how we expect customers will buy, think this is absolutely a step in the right direction. >> such an interesting story, nick. such a long-time in coming. do you think, are we on the path officially now to true choice? to true ala carte in television? >> i'm going to be the curmudgeon this morning and say it's not enough. they're offering a package. which is great, less than we had the option of before. but still, still a package. i think that a lot of consumers still want to be able to pick one or two channels, they don't want to be bundled with 30 and then other packages. and i don't think