Subj : Re: Packet BBS
To   : Alonzo
From : apam
Date : Fri Oct 11 2024 08:25 pm

 >  te> I don't think any of that is evidence that the _Internet_
 >  te> is "fragile".  If anything, that the Internet has continued
 >  te> to work unimpeded in the areas not affected by storms and
 >  te> such shows just how resilient it is.
 > 
 > Since the Internet is completely dependent on phone carriers,
 > I would say it is fragile. No phone line = no Internet.

No it isn't. We don't have a phone line, we have a fibre cable to our house installed by the government.. in order to use the phone we have to use VoIP. The phone carrier is dependent on the internet.

Not to mention things like star link, or even as tenser wrote you could run IP over packet radio if you want to.

Parts of the internet may be fragile, but the very design of the internet is very resilient if those fragile parts disappear, they are just routed around.

Andrew


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