Top 10 Backbone Stocks
These companies control the main Internet connections around the world.
Updated from 7:04 a.m. EDT
Companies that control the communications and Internet interconnections of a lot of networks are known as backbone stocks, because they control the main "trunk" connections of the Internet around the world.
Forbes
magazine recently did an article on these companies and listed the
in terms of network connections, which are now being tracked on Stockpickr, including
Level 3 Communications
(LVLT)
and
Verizon
(VZ) - Get Free Report
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