Why isn't the internet free?

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[–]thoughtcriminal 7 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 2 fun -  (6 children)

Free as in liberty or free as in beer? It's not free as in liberty because institutional interests seek to control the flow of information. It's not free as in beer because infrastructure costs money.

[–]Canbot 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Funny thing is that the telecoms get the government to build the infrastructure for them, but then get to control it.

But if a city tries to build that same infrastructure for public access the telecoms sue, and win.

And even funnier is you never heard about that because the same people who own the telecoms own the TV stations.

[–]AlanSmith33 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

Peer to peer on a mesh network will set us all free.

[–]ElectricSheep 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

feel free to foot the hardware, code maintenance, and uptime costs

[–]AlanSmith33 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

With mesh and P2P one is literally doing the first and third. You obviously doesn't understand what it is. And yes, I already got the hardware and pay for electricity - Are you used to being around people that consider money a problem? Like kids. Are you a kid? Are you 14 years old and commenting on stuff you don't understand?

[–]ElectricSheep 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I'm actually 9 and I'm telling mom on you

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Even then you still need the devices which sme has to manufacture which need resources that cost something.