Why isn't the internet free?

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

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.