Save the Internet

Does it seem that, along with each great idea comes someone or some group that wants to crush it? Evidence from the automotive industry: Tucker cars and the electric vehicle. Now, cable & telecom companies want to hold back internet technologies that don’t directly benefit them {e.g. they want to kill the use of the internet to make free telephone calls}. I hope someone can save the internet { but, that would mean we’d have to be able to learn from the mistakes of our past… }
{ now updated with CORRECT LINKS — thanks Nicky P. }