Jim Cicconi Quotations

The point is the industry itself shouldn't be straddled with constraints that many of our direct competitors don't have. We feel the number 30 percent isn't really justified. It's very, very arbitrary. We consider a number around 40 percent to be more appropriate given the economics in the industry.

None of the worst scenarios people have painted here can take place nor are they taking place.

We're pleased with today's ruling because it clarifies decisively the limits of local authority when it comes to the provision of high-speed Internet access over cable.

We're pleased the court agreed that these terms are in the public domain -- available for all to use, ... AOL's claim that it owns the everyday language of the Internet is another example of AOL's attempt to monopolize all aspects of services over the Internet.

We do have to recover the cost for building the new capacity out there that the content providers are expecting us to provide.

Bell Atlantic has decided that despite some serious remaining problems processing customer orders, it will try to leapfrog compliance and muscle its long-distance application through the federal review process.

The Road Runner divestiture is an obligation we always assumed we would face, and the decree proposes both a schedule and process that are fair and feasible.

This debate I think is all about movies. What we're saying is that you can't provide dedicated line, virtual private network services for free.

There's been a misconception about the network we are building and how we plan to deliver services. What we plan to do amounts to creating dedicated services.