In the past networking was HARD. Airlines had dedicated lines of communication to their data centres.
As a result, a number of companies sprang up to install and manage airline network infrastructure.
With the advent of the internet, networking became a breeze, but needing to maintain their monopoly on airports these companies remained as middlemen maintaining the illusion among airports and airlines that "networking is hard" and insisting airports could not survive without them.
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