A few months ago, I was reading a story about the US government’s plan to use federal funds to upgrade the entire internet infrastructure of the United States.
It was a bold idea, to say the least.
If you’ve ever wanted to use the internet in a way that isn’t beholden to the whims of governments or ISPs, or if you’re a user who wants to avoid the internet altogether, this is the story for you.
But the story isn’t just about the Internet, it’s about all of the big-name internet providers, and that includes a lot of smaller ISPs as well.
I know this because I’ve spent my entire career working for a handful of them, and I’ve watched the evolution of their services over time.
The story is a tale of two monopolies.
First, there’s the telecom monopoly, or T-Mobile.
Second, there are the cable and wireless companies, which have traditionally been the dominant players in the US broadband market.
So let’s start with the telecom monopolies first.
AT&T is the biggest player in the wireless market.
It owns both Sprint and T-Mo, as well as the majority of the major wireless carriers, including T-mobile and Verizon.
And the biggest thing it controls is the wireless spectrum.
As I’ve written before, the United Kingdom is the world’s biggest wireless market, with more than a billion users.
It’s the biggest mobile market in the world, and its wireless spectrum has historically been a critical part of wireless infrastructure, especially when it comes to providing wireless coverage for mobile users.
But the telecom giants have largely taken a backseat in the broadband market since the turn of the century.
In the past few years, the industry has undergone some major shifts, and the telcos have started to emerge as a significant player.
They’ve also started to see their market share plummet in recent years.
The big-named wireless carriers have become increasingly fragmented and dependent on the services of smaller players, while the cable companies have become more focused on their own business models.
For example, the major cable companies in the United State have a combined market share of just over 12% and are now competing with the likes of Dish Network and Verizon Wireless.
T-Mobile, meanwhile, has an 8% market share and is in a precarious position as it struggles to compete against the likes: Sprint, T-Mob, and Nextel.
While the industry is fragmented, the telco industry is very, very strong.
Its revenues have exploded in recent decades.
In the United Sates, T, TMobile, and AT&T combined have revenue of $11.2 trillion.
AT&G has revenues of $6.6 trillion.
That means that the telcom companies collectively control nearly half of the US wireless market with an estimated total of nearly $18 trillion.
It also means that they are not only the most powerful companies in America, they also have the most influence in how we connect our lives to the internet.
Now, the cable giants, meanwhile have their own wireless market share in the $3.9 trillion market, but they have largely been focused on the service offered by their own cable companies.
Most Americans are connected through cable, and most cable customers are paying for that service with their cable bills.
What’s more, cable companies can also be quite stingy when it came to providing services to customers.
For example, many cable companies, like Verizon Wireless, offer unlimited data for $70 a month, while T-Mobiles is charging a whopping $70 per month for unlimited data.
This isn’t the first time the telcords have been caught up in an attempt to expand their market power.
Back in the 2000s, Verizon Wireless was one of the biggest players in mobile phones and connected TVs, which had been the largest market in America.
When T-Mart came to town, Verizon bought a controlling stake in T-Phone, a cable operator that was then part of AT&G.
AT&G owned about half of T-Tel, which was then a cable and telco company.
Even as T-TMs business grew, AT>g was a much smaller player in wireless.
There were, however, two problems with the T-Tech deal.
First, AT &g’s purchase of TTel meant that it owned an even larger stake in the TMobile market.
Second, ATG had to acquire T-Com’s mobile phone business, which would have meant it could no longer negotiate with T- Mobile.
The deal went nowhere, and TTMs market share was slashed by about 25% in the last few years.
Since then, Tmobile has become one of Tatel’s strongest competitors.
Despite these problems, T
