internet post state

[assasin7]

would it exist? I mean I don't know how its funded right now but I think its maintained by the state.

[kunkmiester]

Ownership of the cables and lines would have to be established, but most of the servers are privately owned.  The cables are a bit odd because the companies that installed them do not own the land they're on/in.  Almost all were installed by private companies though, and a reasonable conclusion would be that they are owned by the company.

The government set standards and required that certain thing be connected a certain way for the defense network, which became the internet.  They own very little of it themselves though.

[Seth King]

At the end of the day the internet is just a very large network connection. If you have a LAN in your home or office, who owns the cables? Now imagine connecting those LANs to others and ask the question again, and again ad infinitum.

[MAM]

It would probably be the same as it is now save we wouldn't be monitored by government thugs.

[braindead0]

I suspect much of the resiliency would not exist, not much money in it. 

Might have ended up being token ring as well..

It would almost definitely be different. 

[dpalme]

This reminds me:

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/obama-google-facebook-would-not-exist-without-government-funding

 

[MAM]

I suspect much of the resiliency would not exist, not much money in it. 

Might have ended up being token ring as well..

It would almost definitely be different. 

You don't think there is much money to be made on the internet? That seems to be a little ludicrous.