The alliance of Bell and Western Union

[!quote|#a28ae5] Highlight Bell ordered its managers to transmit any telegraph messages they received by telephone to Western Union, effectively turning all local telephone networks into a feeder system for the telegraph giant.

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[!quote|#a28ae5] Highlight Forbes also promised not to provide telephone service to any companies in competition with Western Union—an explicit endorsement of the telegraph monopoly

Cutting off business just because they are competing against another company, heavy monopolistic behavior.

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These two companies time and time again keep practising anticompetitive behaviours to keep their monopoly alive. They both realized if they worked together slightly by not trying to compete and sending business to each other, they could keep their profits high without having to worry about new competitors and without having to put funds into research because they have the only patents.
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