What Would Happen If The Internet Collapsed For A Day?

[Dug]

Not to mention a lot of phones in offices or anywhere really use VoIP which needs the internet.

[Adam Jensen]

A short market crash that we'd recover from over the following weeks.

[Deleted]

about 9 months later a lot of babies would be born.

[Tuesdays]

Lot's of sleep happens.

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about 9 months later a lot of babies would be born.

That's in a power outage situation.

[Nanaboostme]

The 6th Global Extinction

[Captain N]

A short market crash that we'd recover from over the following weeks.

Considering all airline and rail shipping would have to halt for that 24 hours I'd agree with this. Also as all refrigerated train cars are controlled via a satellite to maintain it's shipping temperature you'd have a massive amount of food possibly spoiling.

[Malachi256]

Get a bunch of chores done. And read. And watch stuff I own on DVD.

[Kyr]

for a day? not much. some companies would lose some money, news would have a field day overreacting, but overall not a whole lot.

stretch that out into weeks or months and it's a whole different story. companies would lose millions, people would lose jobs, i would guess banks would have some serious issues with account information, etc. probably alot of issues I can't think of as well

[gunnmen01]

If the net crashed for a day? Dk's couldn't use maces, girls don't play wow, Chuck Norris something, thunderfury, anal spam, and turning 360 degree's and walking away from an Xbox.

[Independent voter]

GDP of several nations would double for a day.

[Malachi256]

GDP of several nations would double for a day.

You're posting from work too, eh?

[Revi]

To me personally, not much. A lot of people would probably get hurt and the economy would get a bit fucked though.

[Kourvith]

What would happen if the internet would shut down for 24 hours?

But 24 hours wouldn't be enough for people to go all 90's again.

[Yvaelle]

not in the states you won't you'll just get blamed and told it's your fault if it's comcast.
given tech advice that won't work if it's time warner.
and told no if its any other company.

Heh - I was just thinking if I called my ISP (Shaw) and told them the internet was down and I wanted one free day - they'd respond:

ISP: "Do you have a modem?", "Have you tried restarting your modem?"
Me: "No you don't understand, turn on the TV - the internet - all over the world - is down."
ISP: "You need to restart your modem, leave it unplugged for sixty seconds before plugging it in, and if it's still not working call us back" *click*

[Deleted]

do go on....why exactly would someone die because the internet is down?

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i smell fearmongering.

Easy.

Approximately 200,000 people die every day.

At least a few of those would be saved by the people around them searching emergency medical information whilst waiting for an ambulance or other similar situations.

Mouth to mouth, resuscitation, recovery position, etc People performing this properly due to on scene internet access will save lives of otherwise dead people.

[Ethenil]

Play minesweeper probably.

[MFDOOM]

WoW players would petition to be reimbursed a day of game time.

[Malachi256]

WoW players would petition to be reimbursed a day of game time.

That's only when WoW is down but the forums are still working.

I'm pretty sure they (we) would rend our clothes and cry bloody murder, but then all would be well (and forgotten) when we woke up the next day =)

[Polar1]

People die. It's a natural process. Relax.

We were doing alright without the internet, more kids born and surviving than people dyeing every day.

I would say some dead. But mostly a lot of anxiety attacks. Phone withdrawals. More births next July.

[Deleted]

Good thinkg that Steam works even without an active internet connection. I would miss the news, but that's kinda it.