global vs local internet

[David A. Bandel]

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On Sun, 29 Aug 2004 19:49:03 +0800
"M.W. Chang" <mwchang at i-cable.com> wrote:

> > IANAE but I suppose not... unless you happened to want to belong to
> > an international mailing list. Like this one, maybe? OTOH, perhaps
> > it wouldn't be as difficult as I imagine it to be? Maybe IPv6 would
> > make this possible in some way? Interesting question.
> > 
> YOU DID NOT answer my question.
> why can't each nation build their own internet with IPV4?
> Why must there be a unified internet?
> 
> are you trying to invade other countries with your IPV6?

Question shows a complete lack of understanding what an _inter_net(work)
is.  

The Internet just happens to connect anyone/any country/any network that
is interconnected with any other network.  It has nothing to do with
nations.  It has to do with whether your network is connected to any
other and routes data to/from any other.

In my house I have a network.  At my company I have a network.  I have a
connection between them and routing information for the two systems
connecting them.  They are their own internet because they are
internetworked.

THE Internet is just a reference to the one network that ties a very
large number of networks together.

Has nothing to do with companies, countries, etc.  It just is.  You want
to disconnect a country, just disconnect/reprogram all border routers
that route into/out of a country.  Easy as that and you would still have
an Internet inside that country.

Ciao,

David A. Bandel
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