I would really hate to see us, a few years from now, end up with a Balkanized, system-driven set of wireless communication systems that I think would actually put us at a competitive disadvantage against folks across the world.

I think you accurately laid out the point that, you know, the benefits that the country had by having a common set of standards, which everyone could work off of.

One of my goals is to make sure that we get 100 percent wireless coverage in most of our communities.

if the environment starts heading that way, where people don't have that kind of choice, I think that is the concern

I would probably wager you a bet, having been in the business for 20 years, around wireless industry, that if you only had a single provider, the incidents of customer complaints would probably be higher than if there was some competitor…

As I think we've often shown, where you don't have competition, the ability of a single provider to provide, perhaps, spotty service and spotty coverage is pretty high.

The only thing I would ask, Inez, is that--a lot of this is taking place in Louisiana and Florida--they have different climate issues, in terms of humidity, than folks we've got in Virginia.

Senator Warner is a big proponent of yours, big supporter of yours, and he wanted to be here to introduce you.

Making sure we get it right is terribly important.

I want to congratulate my fellow Virginian, Rob McDowell, on his nomination for a second term.

I do think we have a chance to kind of reestablish the stature and prominence of the FCC.

I think we really need to be creative about how we put incentives in place.

I want to add my strong support of Inez.

I can't think of a better person, on a host of these issues, to take them on in this new, important role, than Inez Tenenbaum.

I hope you will continue to also press to make sure that we can work with you to find relief for these families.

It is, candidly, I think still an embarrassment in this country that this many years after 9/11, we do not have that fully interoperable, full-functioning public safety spectrum across the whole country.

Are you aware of any new information that would lead you to differ with the Navy's previously stated assessment that the risk of Hampton Roads being closed is small?

We have no congestion in the Greater Capital Area.