> The only "public utility type services" Google provides is phone service I guess my implicit suggestion that email services be regarded as a type of public u

> The only "public utility type services" Google provides is phone service I guess my implicit suggestion that email services be regarded as a type of public utility was a bit convoluted. But gmail is surely a close enough parallel to postal services of old (traditionally a public utility) to be regarded as such. Legislation has simply not caught up with technological developments.