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One could say that about the U.S. highway system too, though. And some do, advocating the privatized highways some states have adopted. But I would argue that things like internet and highway do not make sense to be privatized because they are inherently centralized and monopolistic - you can't have two competing sets of roads in the same location, and can only have so many cables going through the same neighborhood. It's a massive inefficiency to let the free market do its work in these regions and leads to monopolistic behaviors. Since nearly everyone uses internet and to a relatively consistent degree, it's a pretty reasonable candidate for centralized subsidy and/or control.