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Ask HN: Who owns the Internet?
Hello everyone, Who owns the Internet? I ask this because i am curious. Please help me to better understand.
- jupiter2 10y ago(Cynical response) Increasingly: governments, big business and/or a combination of those two. It's getting difficult to tell them apart.
- tantalor 10y agoMostly big telcos: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tier_1_network https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tier_1_network See also https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_backbone https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_backbone