and "mad men" and educational content from discovery and mystery, kids programming on nickelodeon, speenter espn, cooking shows on food network and news and public affairs from fixtures like cnn, c-span, cnbc and fox news. they have all made television a rich experience. the fact that so many americans stuck with cable during the recession is a testament to our value and our stability, but you know electronics communications does not stand still. the internet may be the most extraordinary advance in the history of information, ushering in an age of new an infinite possibilities. now, leaders, they take risks, and the cable industry's chose to bet big on the promise of delivering broadband. it was an ambitious and risky play, but one that is now paying off for consumers. over the doubts of many, cable got the job done. our stli hindustry has investedy $200 billion of private capital to build the infrastructure to get america online. the men and women who serve our industry painstakingly dug, pulled and connected homes to the internet across the nation, and they did it without withou ready st