That would be true if “the Internet” was still fully comprised of
American providers and customers. That hasn’t been the case for a
long, long time.
On 26 Apr 2021, at 16:27, Mel Beckman wrote:
Owen,
Well, no. The Internet — meaning the ISPs and customers that
comprise it — get substantial subsidies to this day. But that’s no
call for the government to be obtuse with the purposes of its IP
space.
https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/more-than-300-companies-participate-in-internet-subsidy-program-u.s.-agency-2021-04-01
-mel
On Apr 26, 2021, at 11:05 AM, Owen DeLong <o...@delong.com> wrote:
On Apr 24, 2021, at 16:34 , Jason Biel <ja...@biel-tech.com> wrote:
The internet that is subsidized by that same Government….
Uh, s/is/was/
There’s really no subsidy any more.
Owen