Posted by Brad Buchanan on January 10, 2013 at 15:30:03 from (74.71.185.165):
In Reply to: way off posted by Just Thinkin now wanderin on January 10, 2013 at 10:04:27:
Originally conceived as a millitary communications vehicle that was robust and redundant in that if one circuit was destroyed data was routed around the damaged part. Arapnet was the original name if memory serves me correctly.
The "internet" runs on fiber-optic and just plain copper. It is most definately able to be disrupted or denied just like they can turn your phone (or internet) off with a remote cumputer command.
The naming protocol is international in nature but like most things is subject to political foibles.
If you consider the rush to get every patch of dirt in the US wired for broadband the question might be asked "Is it being done for the good of the peeps or perhaps to get more and more users dependant on a service that can be rationed at political will?".
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