said by RayW:said by Fox McCloud:said by skj:Pretty scary that something as "simple" as this action could have such an impact on the internet. Something to think about in terms of terrorist attacks.
or how easy the government could shut the 'net down if they wanted v_v.
Considering that when the gov owned the internet it was designed to be a bit more robust, but when the industry took over they gave up the robustness in the name of profits, I think that you may be a bit off the mark. Not that there is not a problem, just the finger pointing (plus the gov depends on the net too much also).
that's not the point I was making; I was merely stating that if the government wanted to cut off Internet access (or at least GREATLY hinder it), they could...very easily.
