On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 11:21 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerar...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Am Samstag, 18. Februar 2012, 06:39:27 schrieb Dale: >> Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: >> > Am Samstag, 18. Februar 2012, 06:00:00 schrieb Dale: >> >> I don't really think they can unless they just cut power to all the >> >> computers. After all, the internet is supposed to be redundant right? >> >> If there is a few computers still running that have a connection, it is >> >> still working. Sort of anyway. >> >> >> >> Does make one wonder tho. They have been talking about having a >> >> internet "off switch" but I'm not sure it would be that easy. >> > >> > basically, yes. Take down the core routers and backbones and everything >> > falls apart. >> >> But how long would it take to actually do this? > > minutes >
Risk of physical destruction is why the price location of the core routers was generally kept secret. -- :wq
