"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
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In article ,
William Sommerwerck wrote:
The internet is of no real importance. Roads are. (As to whether the
Interstate Highway System was a good idea, or constitutional, that's
a discussion for a different place and time.)

I'm sure lots of people -- including business people -- would strongly
disagree.

Absolutely. A decent data link can reduce the amount of post etc
previously sent by road - and faster and at lower cost.

Whatever the pros and cons of private versus public finance one thing can
be sure, you don't want to let just one private company carry it out -
otherwise they are likely to try and benefit unreasonably from a monopoly
situation.

Which is precisely the reason why having the government build the
infrastructure with public dollars makes so much sense. It encourages
competition and potentially keeps costs down to the consumer..