How many of us users know that the body that controls the internet, ICANN, is subject to oversight by the US government? (It doesn't say which government agency does it) Seems ICANN is a private corporation something else I've forgotten. This article, Internet set to cut cord with US government this year @ http://phys.org/news/2016-01-internet-cord-year.html links to this article, ICANN chief urges wide Internet control @ http://phys.org/news/2014-11-icann-chief-urges-wide-internet.html Now, perhaps one of our -unbiased nerds here can explain this to us simple users.
A good example of how access could be under non-American control - $2/hr. internet... Google helps offer vastly faster Internet in Cuba Mar 21,`16 -- Google is opening a cutting-edge online technology center at the studio of one of Cuba's most famous artists, offering free Internet at speeds nearly 70 times faster than those now available to the Cuban public. President Obama says Google's efforts in Cuba are part of a wider plan to improve access to the Internet across the island.