I think the more appropriate word is choking. If you don't pay them, they're in a position to not allow the content to be delivered at high speeds.

I think that they were the team that were choking, if that's the word, under pressure a little bit at the back end.

We think it's appropriate for the state to allow King County and Seattle to make these decisions in any way that they decide.

The suggestion that these companies aren't paying for their use of the Internet is not true. When Amazon.com or ABC News.com signs up, they are buying very large bandwidth pipes. The only time you have to prioritize is if you're in a condition of scarcity. We have the technology to have all the fiber-optic capacity that you could possibly want and then some.

Richard said, 'I'm not choking him, it just looks like I am choking him.

It is not appropriate to say: 'We are doing this our own way',