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Carriers are doing their best to avoid becoming a "dumb pipe" utility-style service where other people make all the money.


The unspoken question: who does get to make all the money?

At which point should the quasi-monopoly with the moat be? Hardware manufacturer? Retailer? Mobile carrier? ISP? Search engine? Social network? All of those companies have valuations which assume they'll work towards capturing most of the value, leaving the others competed away to nothing ..


I call this "the plumbing law of the internet business."




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