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Re:F.C.C. Is Expected to Propose Regulating the Internet as ... by drawkbox on Monday February 02, 2015 @03:08PM (#8986583)
Utilities are the state of being useful, profitable, or beneficial. Utilities in the US are typically public, so the internet is a public useful, profitable and beneficial utility.

A utility is a platform that is standard/common so that more useful platforms can be built on top of it. Utilities become part of the stack of economic production. A utility could be seen as an economic standard.

If wireless and radio are utilities then so is broadband and wired.

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Re:F.C.C. Is Expected to Propose Regulating the Internet as ... by rhino369 on Monday February 02, 2015 @03:10PM (#8986602)
They aren't typically public. They are typically private companies that are regulated by a utilities commission at the state level.
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Re:F.C.C. Is Expected to Propose Regulating the Internet as ... by dippyskoodlez on Monday February 02, 2015 @05:44PM (#8987579)
Typically, but not always.
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