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Public land that has privately owned network cable on it. Though you're right in principle; that is a small piece of what Amazon does. I was just trying to fen
by lukeschlather 16y ago
Public land that has privately owned network cable on it.
Though you're right in principle; that is a small piece of what Amazon does. I was just trying to fend off the oft-repeated notion that the Internet backbone was entirely the work of private industry, and the government has no business regulating it.
- tptacek 16y agoThat stopped being public land when we sold the right-of-ways. Moreover, what possible connection could there be between cable right-of-ways and the terms of service for Amazon's own servers?
- cosmicray 16y agoSome of those lands you refer to are leased for for the fiber optic conduits. Lvl3 has 12 ducts on one side of a US Highway not far from me (it also has a state highway number). Lvl3 is paying a periodic lease (probably annually) for the right to be there.