An Internet outage or Internet blackout can occur due to censorship, cyberattacks, disasters or errors.
Disruptions of submarine communications cables may cause blackouts or slowdowns to large areas. Countries with a less developed Internet infrastructure are more vulnerable due to small numbers of high-capacity links.
A line of research finds that the Internet with it having a "hub-like" core structure that makes it robust to random losses of nodes but also fragile to targeted attacks on key components - the highly connected nodes or "hubs".
Video Internet outage
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Maps Internet outage
Prevention
Internet outages can be prevented by a more resilient, decentralized Internet architecture.
Management
Modern society, especially in developed countries, depends heavily on the Internet not just for communication. There have been some measures taken and possibilities exist for managing and countering a large-scale Internet outage.
Temporary alternative forms of communication
Meshnets
See also
References
External links
- The Internet could crash. We need a Plan B, TED talk by Danny Hillis
- Redecentralize.org
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