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Re:F.C.C. Is Expected to Propose Regulating the Internet as ... by Windwaker on Monday February 02, 2015 @02:59PM (#8986518)
The utility that Internet providers are providing is information.
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Re:F.C.C. Is Expected to Propose Regulating the Internet as ... by skylan_q on Monday February 02, 2015 @03:00PM (#8986538)
You're calling it a utility.

I guess you're just going to define it a utility, ham sandwhich is also a utility.

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Re:F.C.C. Is Expected to Propose Regulating the Internet as ... by pyre on Monday February 02, 2015 @03:12PM (#8986616)
I'm not sure if English isn't your first language, but many words have several meanings. For example "providing utility" means "to provide something of use" per this[1] definition:

  Utility, or usefulness, is the (perceived) ability
  of something to satisfy needs or wants.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utility
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