Does the wireline segment have a future at AT&T?
The number of voice telephone subscriptions over a fixed-line environment will probably go down till the day I retire. I fully expect that. But what are we selling over that fixed-line infrastructure? We’re growing broadband every month. We’re growing video every month. All we’ve done is digitize the capabilities going over these cables. Within a couple of years, your expectation will be whatever content is important to you, whether it be video or broadband content, you’re going to expect it to be available to you. Whether it be here [lifts phone], whether it be your tablet, whether it be your PC or whether it be your TV, it will be your full expectation. You may even expect to have it in your car. What do you need to make that reality? You need spectrum, wireless capabilities, but you cannot deliver that without fixed-line infrastructure as well. A lot of the experiences that you require, a high-def picture on your large-screen TV, cannot be done wirelessly. So fixed-line infrastructu
