A better analogy (to me) is that the internet infrastructure is part of the commons (like roads, bridges, canals etc) and the internet data is the free exchange

A better analogy (to me) is that the internet infrastructure is part of the commons (like roads, bridges, canals etc) and the internet data is the free exchange of ideas (like phone calls and ham radio broadcasts). Internet technology may be so ubiquitous now that I don't think we can trust control of it to private interests. Arguing in terms of corporations frames it in the wrong light and reminds me of Ma Bell.