The Institute for Local Self Reliance has a program I try to watch regularly. Travis Carter, head of US Internet, is one of the usual hosts. He wasn’t on this week, so I suspect a future show will talk more about T-Mobile’s recent purchase of US Internet. You can hear a little chat in the video clip below. There’s praise for Travis’s work, understanding that he would try to find a good solution for his customers and speculation on why sell now. Tariffs, wanting a change, something else? Also, there was a little grief but understanding at the loss of a small independent provider and competition.

The conversation continued, as it usually does, to competition, consolidation and other industry topics.