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> and no one was allowed to profit off of it. That's how the original telephone network came to be in the US. This is flat out wrong. AT&T made A LOT of money
by ProAm 7y ago
> and no one was allowed to profit off of it. That's how the original telephone network came to be in the US.
This is flat out wrong. AT&T made A LOT of money off this.
- ghostbrainalpha 7y agoExactly. And to add to that public telephone service couldn't exist without a heavy public infrastructure investment in telephone lines, and continued support of that infrastructure. The costs of supporting an email service are probably not great enough that government intervention is necessary.