Reed Hundt Quotations

Everybody agrees that you want competition. But you have to have rules of fair competition if you want to have competitors to enter the market.

Ed's not the type to rely on a lot of glitzy presentation. He's made some huge bets, and I think he's been absolutely right about them. His business decisions speak louder than his words.

The public owns the airwaves; Congress gave them to broadcasters for free, with the understanding that they would serve the public interest while trying to maximize profit. An aspect of serving the public is to use the immense power of electronic media to reflect evolving standards of respect for other people.

(Cable) has a very powerful infrastructure. It's got a tremendous ability to deliver high-speed Internet access. I think people will find that cable has many, many more channels to offer, making it even more attractive relative to its competitors,

It is one of the glories of America that we move to higher levels of awareness.

Cultural standards evolve. The meaning of the public interest also, of course, evolves.

When you give an artist a canvas, you shouldn't tell him exactly how much paint to put on it, or exactly how sharp the images should be. You should let the artist get going.

Local television and local TV news isn't telling the voters about local candidates.

The Department of Justice should resolutely bar monopolizing mergers in all markets, including telecommunications, but they are not in a position, as is the FCC, to promote new competition by selling the airwaves in auctions.

We need a data network that can easily carry voice, instead of what we have today, a voice network struggling to carry data.