an event called the cable show. the communicator s was on site in los angeles. we will hear from two of the attendees. one of the major topics discussed this year was how and whether to regulate broadband. we had a chance to talk with ray baum, of the oregon public utility commission. he spoke about ederal efforts to expand broadband and how it would affect his state. let me start with your responsibilities in oregon. there is a big push at the state and federal level to get broadband to as many houses as possible. can you talk about the challenge in oregon? the challenge is one of geography. you have low populations that are not near any kind of broadband network. it is difficult to serve those folks when there are only a few of them out there and sometimes hundreds of miles to get there. the challenge is whereedo you determine to go and where does the business case not justify the investment. you want to go where industry cannot do it. we re trying to map it and det