I don't think it's inevitable. If it'd been left to telecom companies, the global information network would likely be very different today. I guess it'd be much

I don't think it's inevitable. If it'd been left to telecom companies, the global information network would likely be very different today. I guess it'd be much more expensive, slow, and the billing and routing would be complex (sending packets to another country? that's gonna cost you). I don't say this much, but I thank the US military.