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 information  on  advertising  by  CMRS  providers.  While  such  questions  might  be  relevant  for  an  industry  that  is  concentrated  or  one  where  there  is  a  dominant  service  provider,  that  is  not  the 
 situation  we  find  ourselves  in.  Similarly,  the  NOI  asks  for  substantial  information  on  service  quality.  While  the  question  is  relevant  for  consumers  deciding  which  carrier  to  select,  the  data 
 will  have  no  bearing  on  whether  the  market  remains  effectively  competitive.  There  are  other  examples  of  questions  within  the  NOI  that  I  believe  go  beyond  the  scope  of  our  mandate  under 
 Section  332(  c)(  1)(  C),  but  I  will  not  belabor  the  point.  I  simply  outline  my  concerns  to  point  out  that  government  sometimes  gets  carried  away  with  data  gathering  at  the  expense  of  focusing  on 
 real  problems  and  real  solutions.  I  have  no  doubt  that  the  information  we  gather  will  be  interesting  but  I  am  not  sure  that  is  a  sufficient  reason  to  burden  staff  resources  that  could  be 
 better  spent  on  other  projects,  or  to  burden  service  providers  that  could  better  spend  their  resources  competing  in  the  marketplace. 
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