Originally Posted by Kevsh

The Internet in it's infancy was designed by the military to be an indestructible communications network: Cut off one head another grows in it's place. Outside of a really nasty, ultra-fast-spreading virus I don't see how shutting the *whole* thing down is even remotely feasible.

Besides, there are too many sub-networks, Internet 2, etc. Even if a big portion was shut down it would be back online in a few days/weeks.

Actually, kind of creepy isn't it? We've created an almost living, breathing organism we can't stop even if we wanted to!!!