At NTCA’s 2007 Annual Meeting, FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell’s comment that, “wireless is the future”, and telcos must embrace it (view below) concerned at least one telco General Manager with whom I spoke. This General Manager explained that this sort of statement could provide a seed of doubt to board members who have been convinced that Fiber to the Home is a necessity. As this General Manager pointed out, wireless and fiber are not mutually exclusive, but are complementary. Based on his words at the end of the sound bite, I suggest that McDowell isn’t saying that wireless and fiber are mutually exclusive, but you be the judge. Commissioner McDowell, please clarify this statement.