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. =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~= Cybertelecom :: Federal Internet Law & Policy www.cybertelecom.org Read Garrison Keillor, Congress' shameful retreat from American values, Chicago Tribune Oct 4 http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-0610040035oct04,1,2100411.col...