abit data rates needed to support dramatically increased traffic from access to cloud services and streaming. Infrastructure capable of supporting this is important for marketing and sales to enterprise customers. Cable TV providers are also participating in a quasi- price war with competitors where each provider offers a low initial rate and then raises the price after the term of subscribers' initial contract expires. Their main competitors are satellite providers and telephone companies. Telephone companies are building out their broadband networks in competition with cable TV providers for the many broadband customers who have dropped traditional voice service in addition to cable TV, but who do want high-speed broadband service. The following is a quote from Comcast's 2017 annual report discussing what they consider their major competitor- AT&T's DirecTV satellite service. A quote from Comcast's 2017 Annual Report: Competition for our cable services consists primarily of DBS* providers and phone companies with fiber-based networks that typically offer features, pricing and packaging for services comparable to ours. Some of these competitors are also offering smaller packages of channels at price points lower than our standard packages, both through traditional and online distribution platforms, which could cause us to offer more customized programming packages that may be less profitable. AT&T, our largest phone www.TechnicalPDF.com company competitor, acquired DirecTV, the nation's largest DBS provider in 2015 to create an even larger competitor, and in 2016 announced a proposed merger with Time Warner a media and entertainment company. *Direct Broadcast Service (DBS) refers to satellite TV providers. Cable TV Service for Business Clients All cable TV providers offer broadband services to small business and enterprise customers. In order to be viable competitors to facilities-based providers like AT&T, Verizon, and CenturyLink, cable TV companies have added additional fiber to their networks to enable them 