That is because data capacity is a commodity, and should earn profit margins of near zero, like any utility does.
Also, no one asked ATT to lose billions of dollars by buying Time Warner HBO and DirecTV. Or Verizon with Yahoo.
But they wanted to chase that Comcast vertical monopoly dream. And it will never yield any utility for customers.
It should all be a utility, like water, gas, and electric. And do the one job, installing pipes (and upgrading them) to people’s houses and delivering the goods.
Also, no one asked ATT to lose billions of dollars by buying Time Warner HBO and DirecTV. Or Verizon with Yahoo.
But they wanted to chase that Comcast vertical monopoly dream. And it will never yield any utility for customers.
It should all be a utility, like water, gas, and electric. And do the one job, installing pipes (and upgrading them) to people’s houses and delivering the goods.