I have many IT guys I know who have said it is impossible.
Think about it. The only way is to take down the whole
electrical grid and stop all electricity to stop
generating to take them all down.
All servers are not connected to one switch.
Quoting: 1guynAz I think they will shutdown the T3 (who knows what the current state of trunk technology is) backbones that connect the data centers and VOILA, internet gone baby.
it's actually progressed quite a bit since I last had to look at this stuff
T-1 - 1.544 megabits per second (24 DS0 lines) Ave. cost $250.-$500./mo.
T-3 - 43.232 megabits per second (28 T-1s) Ave. cost $4,000.-$16,000./mo.
OC-3 - 155 megabits per second (100 T-1s) Ave. cost $20,000.-$45,000./mo.
OC-12 - 622 megabits per second (4 OC3s) no estimated price available
OC-48 - 2.5 gigabits per seconds (4 OC12s) no estimated price available
OC-192 - 9.6 gigabits per second (4 OC48s) no estimated price available
