What if the internet goes down? [View All]

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Don your tinfoil and indulge me...

This morning, as I was reading even more biased CNN tripe and the uncovering of more evil GOP tricks,

my ISP went down.

Just for about 10 minutes. But it made me acutely aware that in a worst-case scenario, where Reichsfuhrer Bush decided he didn't even want to try to maintain the illusion of playing fair anymore, what might happen.

The internet could be brought to a halt by massive government-sponsored DOS (denial of service) attacks on critical web nodes in the name of "national security". Where would that leave those who depend on the net as the last remaining source of free and unbiased information?

I have heard some discussion of shortwave-based internet. Although this could be jammed as well it would be more difficult. Anyone have knowledge of this?