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Could the internet go offline? Inside the fragile system holding the modern world together (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This post has a lot of serious answers to what is essentially a "no":

In the UK, there is a non-virtual contingency plan, or at least there was. If the internet shuts down, the people who know how it works will meet up in a pub outside London and decide what to do, says Murdoch.

“I don’t know if this is still the case. It was quite a few years ago and I was never told which pub it was.”

[–] vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 days ago

Meeting up in a pub is a good enough idea no matter which pub it is, apparently, if the Internet shuts down.