Who Pays for the Internet?
Everyone pays their part (e.g., NSF pays for NSFNET, NASA pays for the NASA Science Internet, UofH pays for the “UofHnet”.
the commercialization of the Internet goes hand in hand with the privatization of the Internet
“The national information infrastructure” or the “Information Superhighway”
Today, many schools are connected to the Internet because the government pays the bills. If they would have to pay their own way, they would not have the Internet
“The Internet has not yet become the “necessity” in many people’s minds. When it does, expect privatization to come quickly” Krol, p. 20