Ask HN: Who owns the Internet? 2 points by user321 9y ago ↗ HN Hello everyone, Who owns the Internet? I ask this because i am curious. Please help me to better understand.
[–] jupiter2 9y ago ↗ (Cynical response) Increasingly: governments, big business and/or a combination of those two. It's getting difficult to tell them apart.
[–] tantalor 9y ago ↗ Mostly big telcos: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tier_1_networkSee also https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_backbone
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