Re: DoD IP Space

["Carlos M. Martinez" <carlosm3011 () gmail com>]

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 () delong com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > On Apr 24, 2021, at 16:34 , Jason Biel <jason () 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