Agreed. The supposedly de-centralized internet is not really very decentralized. There are a few strategic points that can't really be routed around (in the short term) should they suddenly fail (especially MAE-east in Virginia and MAE-west in California.) On the local side of things (like an ISP going down) it seems like the 3l33t these days have always-on connections (dsl or cable) as primary access, and then one of the "free" advertisement ridden ISP's as a 56K back up should the first line go down. Probably a good plan.
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- jim 6-29-2000 6:56 pm