...any other use of the word "internet" would seem to not be giving the public what it wants [threadnetting-e].

I use "internet" as I do "expressway". There is no need to capitalize it unless it sits with a qualifier, like "The JFK Expressway" or "The Crosstown Expressway". Since rarely do I speak or write of my own internal network which I refer to as our "LAN"(local area network), the restricted use of the word "internet" provides the differentiation for me, especially since the only qualifier I would use with "internet" is "f-----'", which requires no capitalization.

JMF'O