I ain't gonna talk about Internet. Just do as they say. They don't own the Net; They are the Net.

 — Rache Bartmoss, Rache Bartmoss Guide to the Net

The Internet Phone Corporation, often referred to simply as Internet, is a corporation in Cyberpunk 2020.

Overview

Internet is a name used by a conglomerate of different phone service providers which for the most part function independently of each other, meaning that while highly decentralised it is technically the largest conglomerate in the world.[1] The Internet is who provides people with their Net Access Code which they require to access the Net, charging a flat rate of 30eb per month.[2]

A majority of the Internet's customers are megacorps, giving them a major stake in corporate affairs, but they much prefer to stay neutral as they are aware that going to war would mean an economic collapse that neither side would win.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 ACKERMAN, D. Rache Bartmoss Guide to the Net. Berkeley, CA, R. Talsorian Games, 1993. (p.9)
  2. PONDSMITH, M. Cyberpunk 2020 Core Rulebook. 2nd ed., Berkeley, CA, R. Talsorian Games, 1990. (p.141)

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