Yes, arguably in the global sense, there really can be only one. Saying it’s generic suggests that there could be multiple independent instances of it, and there aren’t, really. Sure, ‘the Internet’ is a large and complex beast with a lot of subsystems, but they’re all connected to a single amorphous organization. (Just like in ye olde days when there could be many phones but there was only one Bell System to rule them all.)
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