[qi:083] The rich mobile carriers got a little richer in the third quarter, as the nation’s top two operators increased their leads over the rest of the field. Verizon Wireless (s VZ) added a million subscribers and posted revenue of $15.8 billion, up 24.4 percent year-over-year, while AT&T (s T) reported 2 million net adds — thanks largely to the iPhone — and $13.65 in revenue, up 8 percent over the year-ago period. Meanwhile, the increasingly heated prepaid space took its toll on Leap Wireless and MetroPCS (s PCS), as both service providers saw customer growth slide in the third quarter.
AT&T pulled in $13,650,000,000.00 in less than 90 *days*
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“We can’t afford to build out our network, so we are implementing caps, limiting our *Unlimited* plan to 2 GB a month…” – AT&T executive