Tom Temin And with respect to getting back to that cell phone data, there are a lot of offers of cell and data services.

 Tom Temin And with respect to getting back to that cell phone data, there are a lot of offers of cell and data services. 

But is it fair to say fundamentally there are only three or four basic carriers that actually operate the radio services that carry the service. And there are resellers that then sublet from Verizon or AT&T. And so the supply chain gets a little bit complicated in that manner.

Loyaan Egal Yeah. So so not to get too technical, but to your point, there are a handful or even maybe a little less than a handful of major carriers that are what do you call facilities based providers, right? That the carriers that own the networks and the hardware that all of our communications travel through. And on top of those networks, you have other companies that use those networks in business relationships with with the major carriers to provide your cellular service. So you may be subscribed to a specific cell phone provider, but that cell phone provider may be using another cell phone companies network.

Tom Temin Right. So you’ve really got two companies then to deal with in terms of data and privacy.

Loyaan Egal As a consumer, your relationship is with the company that you signed on with. But to your point, the data that’s traversing those networks is is going beyond just the company that you’re subscribed to.