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Before you can answer who owns the Internet, you must answer what the Internet is. Is it a jumble of random wires and duct tape? Is it a software packet, a computer, or a router? While some may argue that it is one big snuff collection, in truth it is an amalgamation, an assortment of heterogeneous computer systems with varying capabilities linked together by various protocols.In theory, AT&T can lower the quality of the data transferred across the network, they can charge companies such as Google or eBay a higher price for letting them use their network, or they can simply block the data altogether. In its defense, AT&T notes that it is their network and they can charge any price structure they deem appropriate.
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