Asmodeus wrote:
kc8ufv wrote:
And on the terrorist comment, there was a very well-known terrorist attack about 8 years ago that had a significant effect on the internet on a regional level.
If by regional you mean larger than a city, please direct me to a source.
I was specifically referencing the Sept 11 attacks, specifically the ones on the twin towers. I was working in tech support at the time, and connectivity to our customers in the New England region was lost. We didn't have customers in NY, NY specifically, however, the effects were definately felt in Boston where we did have customers.
When the towers fell, they took lots of infrastructure down with them. The World Trade Center was one of the main interconnecting points for the entire New England region. Many websites went dark at least temporarily, as their servers were destroyed, as well.
Additionally, there was also the collapse via overutilization. Many sites temporarily went down, as their servers were so overloaded with requests, their bandwith, or in some cases the servers themselves, became unusable.
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