What would happen

[4getmenot]

If the whole of the internet went down? Is there one big server somewhere, wouldnt it be the end of the world with so many companies relying on it?

[Doc_Spock]

Good question. I thought the internet was just the situation when all the computers in the world were talking to each other. So to speak.

[redcrx]

dont all PCs hold some sort of internet content?

i recall being shown some sites that seemed to be hosted by my old work PC.

[4getmenot]

there must be somewhere it all goes back to like one massive computer like the toad has in danger mouse underground somewhere. Would we survive?

[dustypuss]

use the telphone
or post leters

[jonnoman]

a very besic answer, but we wouldnt be able to opperate.

[logic]

That's a bit like asking the same question about telephones,
ie, is one big site controlling all phones,
no they are all individual,
try to think of it like a network of roads, you can still drive from a to b even if many roads are closed,
it's maybe difficult to explain but no, there isn't one big controller.

[4getmenot]

dusty the web isnt just about e-mails some people have accounts that can only be accessed through some peoples companys are only web based, like insurance companies

[dustypuss]

more fool them if the web went down then they would be in the s**t

there's a old saying about egg and baskets

bring back the pony express