The connection is there so that they can have a long-lasting income from ads/snooping etc. They can share a bit of the spoils to get the meat. If specific unit

The connection is there so that they can have a long-lasting income from ads/snooping etc. They can share a bit of the spoils to get the meat. If specific units are costing them beyond income, they can probably have telcos disconnect them, or just remote-disable the communication.