Guess I am talking with an 8th grader. Sorry you lack the intellectual horsepower to discuss something without a personal attack. I guess you scream like a Karen, somehow believing volume makes you correct

Packets, such as IP packet are a protocol, that everything uses from IPv4 and forward subscribe to. Whether it’s POTS, or DOCSIS, MILOS, or IPFC. Ask mommy what a modem is

The fact remains that the US Govt set up programs that benefitted early internet companies that no longer exist. Assistance was provided by tax incentives, and R&D being used as tax-free areas to encourage companies to grow

These are benefits that modern companies do not have. Add to the fact that large monopolistic companies such as Apple, Google, Facebook and Twitter are moving to crush and suppress competition- which is illegal. So any more personal attacks? Do you suppose the taxpayer helps support IEEE, who writes the specs that control everything?