Well, I don't share all of the premises of your question, Mr. McTeague.
I recognize that the incumbent telephone companies will be formidable competitors. I must note that the rapidity with which they have lost market share in those areas where major cable companies are offering voice-over-Internet protocol gives me reason to be optimistic about the vitality of that particular competitive pairing. Whether or not other players will come into the marketplace I think is an important consideration and not one on which any of us can necessarily see clearly enough into the future.
Perhaps I'd just make a neutral observation that doesn't come from the commission, but in placing the forbearance scenario traced out by the commission in its decision, and comparing or placing it beside the draft order in council, the financial analysts have asked themselves if it would result in faster forbearance, greater or less competition. They've suggested that forbearance would be advanced by a matter of six to ten months under the order relative to what it would have been under the original CRTC decision. I guess we have to ask ourselves whether those six to ten months in the major markets where large cable companies are presently competing represent a major danger to the vitality of competition or not.
I really don't feel I can go much further, because it raises issues the commission may find itself grappling with in the coming months.