Message to the corporates ...time to share a lil a that wealth you have. NO debate DO IT.
And in a free market WORLDWIDE investment community, the investors pull their funds from those companies and go elsewhere. And the funds to do what you want disappear from the telcos and they stop funding the build-out of the infrastructure you want.
Investors don't fund crap. They take profits (reinvestment dollars) from the company. Which just so happens to come from the consumers.
These aren't start up companies trying to earn their spots so every dime spent comes from consumers. Investors have no interest in anything other then dividends and an escalation of stock prices so they can sell it.