[Air-l] A definition of the internet - Who Owns It

[Robert Cannon]

> 8. The Internet's three virtues:
>    a. No one owns it

I think this confuses a happy thought with a
competitive market place where no firm has sufficient
market power to impose its will significantly.

If, however, a given market has a consolidated market,
with one or two Internet service providers, and
individuals are limited to the choise of those
providers with market power - then all of a sudden
someone seems to own it.

Ed Whitacre of AT&T said that Google should not get a
free ride on his Internet network.  Mr. Whitacre seems
to think that AT&T owns its network.



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