wally
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I think that the military would have quite a difficult time trying to pacify the country in the event of an uprising or a civil war. Look at Baghdad today.
Iraq would seem to show if the anti-government rebels managed to kill a few weeks worth of car crash fatalities in five years the Dems would be ready to surrender.
Unless the whole PTSN was also shut down, which would shut down the economy -- no cedit card verification or ATMs etc. plenty of us old timers could dust off UUCP and reactivate the store and forward network that predated the public internet.And in the event of a "real" civil rebellion, you can bet the whole internet will be shut down, so there goes your wireless connection and your encryption.
--wally.