| At any moment, given a determination of national security advisers; perhaps all telecommunications currently routed over the internet may be shut down. Not by a catastrophe, but by a fearful or maniacal few.
As we learned on Sept 11th, 2001; when a relatively small percent of us were traveling via commercial and charter aircraft, these disruptions have a much greater impact than we have the mental creativity to fathom. Just as the Y2K preppers once planned for a date-certain, a growing group of global citizens are now planning backups.
|  Let's face it. We are now greatly dependent on the internet. If it gets shut off even for a day or two, panic will set in, and we won't even have the ability to call the cops if we need them. |
Even when the world is safe again for the internet to be turned back on, it will likely be done in a prioritized manner so that emergency services, govt. agencies, and media operations will get first dibs. the bottleneck of citizen demand will likely shut down overloaded digital infrastructure if care is not taken. Most communications infrastructure actually can only handle having a minority of their subscribers using their services at any one time.
Several articles have been written about this matter. I suggest readers check out this recent bit of news: The U.S. Government Has An Internet Kill Switch - And It's None Of Your Business
Several articles have been written about this matter. I suggest readers check out this recent bit of news: The U.S. Government Has An Internet Kill Switch - And It's None Of Your Business
the article concluded with;
"What we do with the information we do have is up to each of us as individuals. We can sit back and watch the United States further devolve into a militarized police and surveillance state — or we can spread this information, get involved locally, and create new systems outside of the current paradigm of control and exploitation."
"What we do with the information we do have is up to each of us as individuals. We can sit back and watch the United States further devolve into a militarized police and surveillance state — or we can spread this information, get involved locally, and create new systems outside of the current paradigm of control and exploitation."
