ITREALMS: Donald Trump may switch-off the Internet

[Arsene Tungali]

I love this, Seun. 

To all, a very basic question: 
I am wondering what can happen to the world or/and what will other countries need to do if the US shutts down the internet.

Also, who are those countries who host the basic internet infrastructure and who can bring a bit of trouble in a case of shutdown?

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Arsene Tungali,
Executive Director, Rudi International.
Founder & Director, Mabingwa Forum.

Mandela Washington Fellow. ICANN Fellow. ISOC IGF Ambassador. Blogger. Child Online Protection. Communications Specialist.

Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Seun Ojedeji <seun.ojedeji at GMAIL.COM> wrote:

>I think we have so much tied the internet to services which can just be switched off by a particular govt or individual. Internet is network or networks and that is infrastructure wise. 
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>If access to infrastructure in the USA is shut down or denied access to or if ICANN is shutdown by the USA. It will just be a matter of time for infrastructure in the rest of the world to adapt and continue internetworking.
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>That said, this is not to underestimate the implications of a possible attempt from the states but it's just to buttress that the Internet has grown and expanded to become un-killable with a kill switch in a country. Not even Trump can trample the internet for so long ;-)
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>Cheers!
>Sent from my Asus Zenfone2
>Kindly excuse brevity and typos.
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>On 27 Oct 2015 20:50, "Remmy Nweke" <remmyn at gmail.com> wrote:
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>http://www.itrealms.com.ng/2015/10/donald-trump-may-switch-off-internet.html?m=1
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