DoD IP Space

Mel Beckman mel at beckman.org
Mon Apr 26 20:09:24 UTC 2021


Carlos,

It’s true even though the Internet is comprised of more than American providers and customers. A subsidy is a subsidy. It doesn’t have to go to everyone to “be true”. :)

 -mel

> On Apr 26, 2021, at 12:44 PM, Carlos M. Martinez <carlosm3011 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> That would be true if “the Internet” was still fully comprised of American providers and customers. That hasn’t been the case for a long, long time.
> 
> On 26 Apr 2021, at 16:27, Mel Beckman wrote:
> 
>> Owen,
>> 
>> Well, no. The Internet — meaning the ISPs and customers that comprise it — get substantial subsidies to this day. But that’s no call for the government to be obtuse with the purposes of its IP space.
>> 
>> https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/more-than-300-companies-participate-in-internet-subsidy-program-u.s.-agency-2021-04-01
>> 
>> -mel
>> 
>> 
>>> On Apr 26, 2021, at 11:05 AM, Owen DeLong <owen at delong.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Apr 24, 2021, at 16:34 , Jason Biel <jason at biel-tech.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> The internet that is subsidized by that same Government….
>>> 
>>> Uh, s/is/was/
>>> 
>>> There’s really no subsidy any more.
>>> 
>>> Owen
>>> 



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