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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Internet vulnerabilities
> I think the media talk about "taking down the Internet" are kind of > bogus. > > Nobody has ever died because they couldn't check their email. > > If the net went down for an hour, a day, or even a week I think that my > mom and the rest of the non "glued-to-their-terminal" world would > somehow struggle through and sustain a normal daily routine. > > -davidu [who probably would not survive a week long net outage ;) ] How many companies base profits on their internet connection? While you might survive, there would be a lot of money lost. Disrupting the economy seems to be the goal.
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