Scott Cleland Quotations

The external trends are in Dorman's favor, ... while internal trends favor Stephenson.

None of this technology, over time, is proprietary. What's significant here is that Sprint says it's ahead.

GTE and BT have had discussions in the past. There are open lines of communication.

GTE and BT have had discussions in the past, ... There are open lines of communication.

The 8th Circuit Court had taken away almost all of their local competition authority.

Without a doubt, the 1996 Telecom Act has by far a larger impact on the media industry than this deal. This is just the gnat on the back of the Telecom Act,

Two years ago we all were talking about the information superhighway and how it was going to be around the next corner and it's way off,

Washington would prefer that the provinces behave -- but Washington doesn't control the provinces.

The question you raise, 'is digital TV ready for prime time?' And it's not. It's still in the concept stage.

There is definitely palace intrigue, ... why should Dorman stick around? This issue is going to come to a head sooner rather than later.

The technology works, but the business model is still up in the air.

Qwest had few options before and now it has fewer options, ... People aren't lining up to buy Qwest.

This is an awful fundamental and regulatory environment for the Baby Bells, ... You can paint flowers on a garbage can but it's still a garbage can.

They're very happy that the FCC can't mandate these national rules. But it appears that many of the states are still implementing much of what the FCC wanted.

There will be delay, confusion, and a little bit of uncertainty about the direction that the FCC will take in the future,

AT&T's strategic problem is it doesn't have access to its customer. AT&T needs to get back to the customer and have direct contact either through a bill or Internet access.

AT&T's strategic problem is it doesn't have access to its customer, ... AT&T needs to get back to the customer and have direct contact either through a bill or Internet access.

It's a race, and they are all experimenting in different ways to see what works.

It's possible but unlikely. It is probably a little too cute.

The Ma Bell bogeyman isn't that big a deal politically anymore. The reason these companies are merging is because they are no longer the dominant monopolies they were 20 years ago.