If you look up the word "utility" a dictionary will define the noun as a business enterprise that provides essential services such as electricity, water ... and telephone. Utilities must provide information to state and federal government on among other things outage occurrences and system down time that Internet Service Providers need not provide. As the nation becomes more and more dependent on Internet access, soon the ISP will be a utility merely for providing web access, and other services that bona fide utilities like phone companies also provide.
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