When you compare comments here a few themes emerge: 1. The internet has been captured by the telcos, who operate the internet like telcos have operated the cir

When you compare comments here a few themes emerge: 1. The internet has been captured by the telcos, who operate the internet like telcos have operated the circuit switched voice network. 2. We are all overlooking the fact that smart radios make spectrum ownership obsolete. That means that the potential of mesh wireless connectivity is orders of magnitude larger than can be realized in current unlicensed spectrum. 3. The assumption that anyone is owed a business model in internet service is going unquestioned. Of course it costs a lot of money to run the internet the way the Bell System ran phones. But there are plausible alternatives, not all of which are compatible with investor-owned near-monopoly "markets." This is an economic tragedy and a case of local optimization holding a global optimum hostage. ISPs are a sweet business, in a way that costs the rest of the economy dearly. Kill the incumbents and reap an across the board boost in GDP.