Regulations on phone companies isn’t based on whether I pay them. In my state, phone lines must dial 911 even if there’s no customer. That’s because of regulati

Regulations on phone companies isn’t based on whether I pay them. In my state, phone lines must dial 911 even if there’s no customer. That’s because of regulation. And I don’t pay them anything. I don’t think the need for regulation depends much on how much I pay to use the service or whether the publisher is responsible for content. Another example is that even publishers of free newspapers get sued for libel.