Question-and-Answer Session
Operator
Thank you, sir. [Operator Instructions].
First question comes from Simon Flannery from Morgan Stanley.
Pardon me sir. Your line is open. [Operator Instructions].
Our next question comes from Gaurav Jaitly from UBS
Gaurav Jaitly - UBS
It’s Gaurav Jaitly, UBS. Couple of questions. First, yesterday Citizens mentioned on their call that they were seeing some aggressive promotions in their, rest of the [ph] markets from Charter. Just curious given your relatively large overlap at Charter, if you saw the same? we saw access lines kind of pick up a little bit to 5.2% from just in the 5% in the first quarter.
And then secondly, just wondering if you had any thoughts on the upcoming 700 MHz auctions, if you would consider joining a coalition or just bidding on your own, that would be great, thanks.
Glen F. Post III - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Yes, Gaurav, we have seen Charter pick up the promotions in recent weeks and months. And this did have a slight impact because we have access line losses, we do have about 25% overlap with Charter today and? 23% I think overlap with Charter today. And it’s, they’ve been very aggressive, but we don’t see unusual impact. It will be some tough competition, increased competition in some of those areas, but we don’t expect major impacts right now. But they are being more aggressive than they have in the past.
Regarding the 700 MHz, we’re still evaluating whether to participate in this 700 MHz auction in some way. This week the FCC meeting provided clarifications of some key issues surrounding the auction. We don’t really have any major issues with their proposal. However, the Commission has not released the order containing the final draft of the rules, which we will want to study before we determine our best course of action. So we have not made any decision. We are talking with partners about the possibility of bidding. And our focus would be to acquire spectrum covering our current operating areas on a regional basis. But we have not made any final decision.
Gaurav Jaitly - UBS
Okay, thanks. And can you just update us on where your cable-VOIP overlap was at the end of the second quarter?
Glen F. Post III - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Yes, based on the analysis of public sources, we estimate our cable-VOIP overlap is in the 30% to 35% range. We’ve seen additional rollout of VOIP by some of the competitors. This past quarter expect additional rollout in the quarters, in the months ahead. We’re not including Madison River in our numbers for the VOIP competition. It is currently very low.
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