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Our lead story of the day, Caroline Hyde sat down with the blackberry ceo. They talked about the value of blackberrys bbm messaging service in light of the whatsapp acquisition. I was really surprised when i started doing more research on whatsapp. A lot of studies said that bbm is dominant. It would be typically places outside the u. S. It is a strong service. It is clearly an asset of blackberry. Messaging is a basic sort of need. There is a competing messaging Service Called message me. They said they saw a spike in users means that people. Survey one it when they wanted i think will happen...

Entry. So you did not tested prior to october 1 . No, sir. Again that hearing you can see in its entirety tonight at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan. And yesterday the house energy and commerce subcommittee on communications and Technology Held a hearing on wired communications and internet protocolbased networks. Some of the topics discussed include the telecommunication laws surrounding those networks as well as the impact of Communications Advancements on consumers and businesses. This is a little more than two hours. [inaudible conversations] we will call the subcommitsubcommit tee on communic...

We will continue to update you as more details become available. The senate is out this week so on cspan2 we are going to bring live coverage of a number of events including a house hearing at 10 30 that examines the future of why your Communication Networks and how Technological Advancements could impact consumers and businesses. Host host welcome back. We are joined by congressman joe barton, a republican member of the house energy and commerce committee. Thank you for joining us. Later this week the committee will have the first hearing on the web site healthcare. Gov. Tell us what are your...

We all want competition, but what we want to have really is an environment, and, in fact, the digital revolution is enabling more competition. Thats why we have these, we have cable and wireless and fiber and all of these things are part of the digital revolution. But ultimately in a new act what would like to have, in my view, would be a standard that ties the regulatory activity of the agency closely to an analysis of the competitive marketplace. And then only if theres a market failure or consumer harm, and i recognize that if theres consumer harm theres a place for regulation. Im not, like...

Copper Communications Network and significant plans to deploy new fiber infrastructure how will the new Fiber Networks handle natural disasters like hurricanes . We know that the copper continue to operate but what happens now with the new Fiber Networks and you know dealing with that issue . How are you going to deal with them . There is unfortunately no Ip Technology congressman that allows you to power the line. You cannot put power over a fiber connection. Fiber has many other advantages in addition to its internet capacity and one of them i think is relevant in a hurricane or a flood zone...