A lot of people seem to have a fundamental misunderstanding of what the Internet is. It begins with telecommunications, namely wires and radio links that carry

A lot of people seem to have a fundamental misunderstanding of what the Internet is. It begins with telecommunications, namely wires and radio links that carry data. You cannot have an Internet without these. Normally these things are provided by carriers, also called phone companies. ISPs used to be a separate thing but nowadays, an ISP is just part of a wireline or wireless phone company. Once you have a carrier who supplies you with connectivity using the Internet protocols, you are on the Internet. Beyond that there are millions of services accessible via the Internet and Facebook is only one of millions. Many people never use Facebook because they don't need it, or because they use an alternative service. It costs money for carriers to provide Internet service and traditionally this has been paid for by subscribers, not by Internet service companies. People are creative, and in many countries, the billing plans for Internet services are very different from the way it is done in your country. But it works, because local carriers are motivated to understand their customers' needs. Facebook can add nothing positive to the relationship between carriers and their subscribers. It's that simple.