What's protecting the internet?

[Michedelic]

 

[Gaolee]

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I think we are all set. Don't you worry 'bout a thing!

 

[S-Bigbottom]

A power outage will take out your router leaving you with no home internet. Cell phones may still work, unless the phone antenna for your area is in the power outage zone.
Had that happen a few times also.

Would have thought the Phone antennas would have a generator kick in soon after... not this one.

 

[Nashrakh]

I lived 3/4 of my life without internet or computers. If they all went away tomorrow , it would be a bit inconvenient for me but quite survivable.

It's interesting to think a sizeable portion of the population never lived a day without internet. How will they deal?

 

[JRA]

It's interesting to think a sizeable portion of the population never lived a day without internet. How will they deal?

tenuously, i think. do they know chess, checkers, poker? puzzles? gardening? house painting?

 

[bluesblaster]

And all those smartphones would become......well, just a phone. Imagine the angst of a large section of the population trying to wrap there head around that harsh reality. No texting, hashtags and all the rest

 

[El Güero]

I think we are all set. Don't you worry 'bout a thing!

You forgot the little tokens with a red star on them. Then we'll be all set.

 

[Yonni]

It’s be a shame to lose my metronome app, but I’d cope.

 

[dbsfgyd1]

If the net goes down we're screwed, big time.

The economy is largely shut down. Many people are sick. We charge everything or use a debit card. Without the net we won't be able to buy gas or anything else IF anyone has goods for sale.

What's preventing the collapse of the www?

You get used to using cash, and mailing checks, which btw, happens to be the most secure way to transact commerce. Just saying.

Look at the plus side, you’ll finally learn how to balance a checking check book.

Seriously, you should have some cash on hand. At least enough to get you through a week or two, or out of town if you need to get somewhere.

 

[El Güero]

You get used to using cash, and mailing checks, which btw, happens to be the most secure way to transact commerce. Just saying.

I'm not talking about just me, I'm talking about the country's economic structure. In case you haven't noticed, we live in an age people spend hours a day hunched over a computer and/or poking at their cell phone.

I graduated HS in 1970, so I know my gazindas. You know, 5 gazinda 5 once, 5 gazinda 10 twice, etc...

Just sayin'.

 

[SehlraC]

If the net goes down we're screwed, big time.

The economy is largely shut down. Many people are sick. We charge everything or use a debit card. Without the net we won't be able to buy gas or anything else IF anyone has goods for sale.

What's preventing the collapse of the www?

A massively redundant network infrastructure.

I can't post any proprietary cable maps but you can get the idea from a quick Google search (see attached).

 

[Michedelic]

It's interesting to think a sizeable portion of the population never lived a day without internet. How will they deal?

They’ll curl up in fetal position.

 

[dbsfgyd1]

I'm not talking about just me, I'm talking about the country's economic structure. In case you haven't noticed, we live in an age people spend hours a day hunched over a computer and/or poking at their cell phone.

I graduated HS in 1970, so I know my gazindas. You know, 5 gazinda 5 once, 5 gazinda 10 twice, etc...

Just sayin'.

‘yeah, I’m a 72 grad myself...

 

[Downunderwonder]

Last year a squirrel took out my internet for a week, it chewed through the fiber optic cable. It took a week because that was when the ditch drilling crew could get out to drill and lay a new fiber optic line.
They can not patch fiber optic, they have to replace the whole line from pole to the house.

According to the repair man this is common in some areas. Said the south side around 5th street they replace 10+ lines in the summer that have been chewed by squirrels.

Apply super hot chilli oil infused grease to your exposed cable. Works for NZ native parrots, should work on squirrels too.

 

[Gaolee]

You forgot the little tokens with a red star on them. Then we'll be all set.

Sorry. I am remiss. It will be corrected.

 

[ajkula66]

Apply super hot chilli oil infused grease to your exposed cable. Works for NZ native parrots, should work on squirrels too.

I can't speak for NZ but back in the Ma Bell days there was a thing called "squirrel guard". Either the squirrels got smart or the LECs don't bother installing these anymore.

 

[blowinblue]

I've already anticipated that the Internet might go down. No worries here.

M. M.

 

[MAJOR METAL]

I'm hoping it's the vast economic interest of the private sector that will drive a hardening of reinforcements of the servers and grid.

 

[Downunderwonder]

I can't speak for NZ but back in the Ma Bell days there was a thing called "squirrel guard". Either the squirrels got smart or the LECs don't bother installing these anymore.

What's a squirrel guard? We use a 18'' wrap of sheetmetal around poles to stop the Australian possums, which are thick as two short planks. No squirrels in NZ thank you very much.

 

[ajkula66]

What's a squirrel guard? We use a 18'' wrap of sheetmetal around poles to stop the Australian possums, which are thick as two short planks. No squirrels in NZ thank you very much.

This will give you an idea, although there are several different gadgets with the same name:

Squirrel Guard

BTW, I never knew that there were no squirrels in NZ. Thanks for the education...