>The article really ignored how many tax payer dollars went into different public institutions to make the Internet a reality" Which is why their analysis focu

>The article really ignored how many tax payer dollars went into different public institutions to make the Internet a reality" Which is why their analysis focuses on the marginal cost, which is the cost of producing the next unit (or sending the next piece of information electronically). Even if you amortize infrastructure costs over each piece of information sent, the costs are on their way to near-zero.