You need a license to drive on a real superhighway. Any damn fool can drive on The Internet. Really bad accidents involving tractor, trailers and motorcycles occur on real superhighways. Really bad accidents involving people that meet through computers occur on The Internet. The price of gasoline is inversely proportional to its distance from the real superhighway.
Electricity is cheap.
Real superhighways connect population centers with efficient high-speed roads and remote locations via bumpy, dangerous rural farm roads. The Internet connects all places with bumpy, dangerous rural farm roads. There are speed limits on real superhighways which free car makers from the responsibility and cost of building automobiles that are sturdy enough to handle higher speeds. There are speed limits on the Internet imposed by phone companies so they can charge you more to support communications gear that is sturdy enough to attain higher speeds. Everything on The Internet is going to cost you, somehow.