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[–] tal@lemmy.today 4 points 5 months ago (3 children)

checks

https://www.statista.com/statistics/199359/market-share-of-wireless-carriers-in-the-us-by-subscriptions/

U.S. Cellular is tiny, and of the Big Three, T-Mobile is the smallest. AT&T is about the size of T-Mobile and Verizon combined.

[–] Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net 5 points 5 months ago

My third point covers this

[–] HubertManne@kbin.social 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

if att is so big why do they seem to suck so much?

[–] moncharleskey@lemmy.zip 7 points 5 months ago

Because they can?

[–] RustyShackleford@programming.dev 1 points 5 months ago

I wonder if there's an inverse relationship between an institution's size versus its competency.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 0 points 5 months ago

AT&T is about the size of T-Mobile and Verizon

So, AT&T, the Deutsche tel / pacNWBell fka AT&T Frankenstein, and Bell Atlantic fka AT&T

They're all AT&T except for the part of Pac NW Bell AT&T that got bought by, essentially, German AT&T.

I want to believe they don't collude and perform, but I've lived in Canada and seen the decades-long dance between Rogers(fka Shaw fka AGTel + BCTel) and Rogers(Rogers) before they became just Rogers.

And now I'm sure that was all founded on a sugar empire.

But our major players have been dancing around each other for a long time before one bought the other -- and I'm sure it's just to save on Green Fees at the club because it's not one corporate rate.