Obama may get power to shut down internet for 4 months ??

Since the internet is a collection of thousands of servers, how does one shut it down entirely? Does the shut down affect world wide? I cannot see how it can. I suppose he could find a way to close all the US hubs, but that wouldn't stop the rest of the world.

What a stupid idea.
 
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Since the internet is a collection of thousands of servers, how does one shut it down entirely? Does the shut down affect world wide? I cannot see how it can. I suppose he could find a way to close all the US hubs, but that wouldn't stop the rest of the world.

What a stupid idea.
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I saw a show on TV on ngeo I believe a few years ago about Homeland Security and the Internet.

There are just a few hubs where all the traffic goes through. For instance all terrestrial traffic from Asia comes through a hub in LA .

They have all the equipment at the phone companies already. The government tied into the communications system years ago. It wouldn't be that hard to do for them.
 
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