Most interesting thing people don't know about him: "I tried my hand at riding bulls and broncs and steer wrestling in college rodeos until I shattered my tailbone. Now I can't sit still too long or else it aches."

Favorite vice: Washington state cabernet and syrah wines

Pet peeve: People who are "all hat and no cattle."

Ask him to do anything but... "Compromise my principles."

Favorite band: The Eagles

We're well positioned to ride out the financial market storm. It would be different if we didn't have the [deal] with Sprint, Google and the cable companies for a joint venture to build the network.

What will it cost in total to build a national WiMax network? Close to the $7 billion range. But it's still a dramatically lower cost than what you've seen in traditional cellular builds. And there are good reasons for that. We are using a flat, Layer 2 IP network architecture, much more simple than what you see in traditional cellular. Also, the equipment that goes on the cell tower is smaller, lighter, more compact. The costs are dramatically less.

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