is that where the regulators in washington should be paying the most attention when they scrutinize this deal? >> i think so. i think at its core this deal is about broadband internet. that's the future. that's the market that comcast is really trying to lock down with this deal. it's vastly profitable for them right now and they know if they can position themselves as the gatekeepers on-line, everything in the future has to go through them. i think we have real concerns when really the only high-speed offering in many places is going to be that comcast cable connection. >> you say that, but i've noticed on my at&t phone it's getting better and better. i can watch netflix on my phone, it gobbles up a lot of data and bandwidth but wonder if comcast has to get more scale because in the futures those will be the big internet providers. >> these are vastly profitable companies and i think you're right, they do see this as a play for more scale. my concern is that what we're doing is we're essentially building a new cartel where the cable companies divide up their