Question-and-Answer Session
Operator
(Operator Instructions) Your first question comes from Jason Armstrong - Goldman Sachs.
Jason Armstrong - Goldman Sachs
Maybe just a quick one on the approval processes you’ve been through and just more granularity there. There was some language that we picked up in the South Carolina approval that talked about requirement to maintain existing back office systems for a five year period potentially and then also a requirement to provide free PC’s to any new broadband contract subs.
I think you offered both of these up and just you could talk us through how that sort of plays into how we should think about this deal over since the initial expectations and then how to think about this type of condition sort of extending into other states? Thanks.
Maggie Wilderotter
With regard to South Carolina, on the systems side it’s about availability for five years. We don’t have to stay on the systems for five years and with regard to the free PC promotion, the way the language is written it’s very broad based. I mean, we can offer a free PC promotion as part of a public interest benefit, there’s no requirement of offering it to all customers versus a segment of customers or when we would have to do it or how we would have to do it. Frankly, we think that’s good business for us anyway. So, we don’t really see any issues associated with that.
Don Shassian
If I also may on the South Carolina on the back office system, Jason, the order says that for five years we have to notify the commission of any plans to change systems and we just need to provide insurance of system and properly test in notify so. We will migrate those systems onto our systems when we’re ready.
We’ll keep the commission and consistencies informed of our progress and our plans and operate on our timeframe. This really was, I think, the commission discharging its responsibility in a way that was smart and put does in impact and thing about how we would go forward and into the integration whatsoever. So, we feet it’s pretty consistent for what we’re planning.
Jason Armstrong - Goldman Sachs
On geographical trends and Don, historically you’ve sort of taken us through different regions and how they’re trying to do that this quarter especially with sort of the better or that the improvement inline loss trends? Thanks.
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