Security and the Net

Earlier today, Sprint has reestablished its connection to Cogent; Renesys thinks this will be a temporary link until the issue is settled in court:
The fact that Sprint has reconnected this indicates clearly that they intend to fight this battle in court rather than in the routing tables or in the court of public opinion. This [...]

Just a week ago, this might have been a stupid question; but since a couple of days, there are three internets. Or more, depending on how you look at it; but essentially there are now three worldwide networks:

The “Internet”; a computer network that allows any computer connecting to it to communicate with any other computer. 
The [...]