If the jurisdiction issue will not be heard until Nov. 2013, which is the time of the final hearing, then Vz must have lost its request to have the jurisdiction issue handled as a prelininary matter. I would think it would have been to KRY's advantage to have the jurisdiction issue heard as soon as possible for two reasons: 1) it's a win-win for kry to have the issue heard preliminarily since kry has little chance of losing it, 2) once the jurisdiction issue is out of the way, Vz would feel more likely to discuss a settlement since while it is pending they may still feel they have a shot at winning it and thus be reluctant to settle except on a geatly discounted basis. Possilbly they wanted the jurisdiction issue resolved now so that they could start discussing a settlement. If true, the delay until Nov. 2013 will be a setback to us.