Would it be possible to shut down the internet, and how could that be done? (lemy.lol)

submitted 2 weeks ago by godfish@lemy.lol to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

30 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Very theoretical question.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] Dragonfruit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 weeks ago

I mean I feel like it's kind of hard to define what "the internet" really is because it's so decentralized. Like if you cut all the undersea cables and split the internet into multiple parts, which part is the real internet?

And even if all the commercial ISPs went away, people could still connect their networks together through phone lines or mesh networking so it would be hard to say the internet was really gone

this post was submitted on 20 Sep 2025

26 points (96.4% liked)

Asklemmy

50762 readers

543 users here now

A loosely moderated place to ask open-ended questions

Search asklemmy 🔍

If your post meets the following criteria, it's welcome here!

Open-ended question
Not offensive: at this point, we do not have the bandwidth to moderate overtly political discussions. Assume best intent and be excellent to each other.
Not regarding using or support for Lemmy: context, see the list of support communities and tools for finding communities below
Not ad nauseam inducing: please make sure it is a question that would be new to most members
An actual topic of discussion

Looking for support?

Looking for a community?

Lemmyverse: community search
sub.rehab: maps old subreddits to fediverse options, marks official as such
!lemmy411@lemmy.ca: a community for finding communities

~Icon~ ~by~ ~@Double_A@discuss.tchncs.de~

founded 6 years ago

MODERATORS