Bob Kerrey: “I do think if you are going to move to a competitive environment the quicker you can get there the better off in many…”

“I do think if you are going to move to a competitive environment the quicker you can get there the better off in many ways, and that to hold this thing back might make it difficult for us to get consumers to understand how it is we are going to adjust because there is going to be substantial adjustment to the changes we are proposing in a regulatory structure. I must say again, as I have said a number of times, I am not getting a lot of complaints from citizens saying, ``Gee. I do not like the way this is thing is working.'' I do not get a lot of people coming to me talking about enhanced services and all of that. I do not hear people say the current regulation makes it difficult for technology to be deployed. And I happen to be a relatively high-end consumer. I must tell you I have not been struggling to get existing technology, and hearing the companies say that it is not cost-effective.”