. >> last friday, vodaphone -- you can see the pattern of people's habits and it comes through their use in downloading or streaming information. what struck me here was that spectrum has stayed still wild technology has changed. mobil used to be used for voice and now they are used for video. videos overload the system and people cannot use it for voice. in my area, which is a very civilized area in britain, i live in a place where i do not have a mobile signal. this is something that comes back to an earlier comment about digital infrastructure. it is really important for small businesses to be able to do this. if we invest 15 billion euros, about $12 billion, something of that kind of area comic-con if you did it for mobile and broadband, you could probably create a half million jobs. they are connected arbitrarily, depending on where they can get a signal. it is really important to get the spectrum right. making sure everybody gets coverage. the internet allows you to be a consumer and have dominance over the information you get. it is bizarre -- it is like buying a car and not h

verizon has their hands full with vodaphone. they own 40% of verizon. there is no way verizon will focus on buying up sprint. to your question about sprint-t- mobile, we would see it as a problem for public interest. before the national labor relations board election, they moved work out of the country. to san francisco. 400 workers lost their jobs when that center closed. >> we have time for one more question from doug holtz-eakin. uenwald.uliana gre >> will the obama administration have problems with your position? >> the president has had a policy for rural build out? . when we have a chance to get it, we ignore it. it is a problem. >> this is "the communicators." we will continue to follow this issue on "the communicators." thank you very much. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> on monday, the senate began its as 2:00 p.m. eastern. -- begins at 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 2. on tuesday, the house returns for legislative business. later in the week, they are continuing a