We are very confident that we'll get the merger closed by mid-year. The story basically reaffirms what the FCC has said all along -- that it may or may not impose conditions.
They have a fiber-rich network. We see a big opportunity to leverage that for video and other services.
This merger will result in a very competitive company, especially on the wireless side and the video side. We fully anticipate a thorough review and look forward to that process.
Only telephone companies like us are regulated [in providing broadband], while our cable and satellite competitors are not. That adds hundreds of millions to our costs and delays to our deployment ability.
A couple of board members didn't think the price was right. But Prodigy itself didn't say no.
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