«I'm not sure this was the intent of the Telecommunications Act [of 1996]. The intent was not to rebuild the Bell system. With this merger you would have SBC or Ameritech west of the Mississippi, and Bell Atlantic, assuming it makes a deal with BellSouth, on the Eastern seaboard. I don't know that is good for the American public at large.»

«Our conclusion is that it is not a reasonable exercise of business judgment to go forward with an executive compensation plan one week before a motion (to abrogate collective bargaining) dealing with one of the main issues of this case, which is labor peace.»

«In the current investment climate, it is apparent that NGN deployment cycles are going to be pushed out several years, which means the gateway approach is a viable means to 'sweat' additional Internet-related service revenues from the PSTN. While unit shipments of gateways will increase at a healthy rate over the forecast period, worldwide sales revenue is showing only modest growth as competition beats down prices and IMS-compliant gear begins to grab a foothold by simplifying interoperability requirements and thereby reducing the need for gateways.»

«Because they can offer around-the-clock monitoring of network performance, improved application performance, and predictable service levels, managed service providers are in a unique position to expand their business in an effort to address the growth of this market. The most significant driver may well be the growth in the number of business locations or endpoints that connect to each other across a WAN. When you compare the growth of establishments to the growth of managed network connections, the increasing need for managed services is unmistakable.»

«It will be many years before you see a phone company in that position.»

«For a call to a developed country, an extra 25 cents a minute certainly seems onerous.»

«People should be vigilant about such extraneous charges. But this will probably be only a one-time shocker for most people. It won't be repeated because you'll be watching for it.»

«The most significant driver may well be the growth in the number of business locations or endpoints that connect to each other across a WAN. When you compare the growth of establishments to the growth of managed network connections, the increasing need for managed services is unmistakable.»

«My impression is they would not slow down. The momentum, it seems to me, is clearly on the side of the phone companies.»

«The U.S. streaming media market has entered a growth phase, meaning it is experiencing realistic and sustainable growth.»