This week is about good competition, great atmosphere and it will get us ready for sections.

Those will be good tests for us. That tournament will have some good competition. We've got a full week planned.

The ruling will open up the competition somewhat among [competitive local exchange carriers] ... But it won't lower the cost for the typical service provider.

In a sense, these mergers can also be seen as an epitaph for the competition that many of us thought we would enjoy as a result of the Telecommunications Act of 1996,

There was good competition, but not great. This upcoming weekend we will have a lot more competition. It will be tough. This meet was good practice.

The big thing that will be lost is daily print competition, and I think competition makes all of us better. It enhances the content quality. It enhances every aspect of the work you do. You know that you need to be better than the day before. I think that adds an edge to your skills. It adds an edge to coverage.