You mean instead of the Internet? It's a matter of some controversy but the public Internet that I'm using to reply probably should be capitalized. Discussion

You mean instead of the Internet? It's a matter of some controversy but the public Internet that I'm using to reply probably should be capitalized. Discussion of the issue: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet#Terminology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet#Terminology including usage before computer networking. In particular the article mentions This reflects the tendency in English to capitalize new terms and move to lowercase as they become familiar.