Comment Re:Unlikely (Score 1) 553
"starting building a separate network"
The US does not have controll over the network, but ICANN who controll top domain names. Internet is made up of many smaller national/regional etc networks linked together. These networks are owned by ex. privat companies. So i dont think building a new network is a problem since its already build, but they would need to disconnect from the current internet and try to form another. Then one could end up with one network for north america, one for europe, on in asia and so on. And then there wouldnt be a internet anymore.
I dont think this is a very likely situation.
Short version: There is a difference in control and ownership of the physical fiber/cables in the ground and domain names.
The US does not have controll over the network, but ICANN who controll top domain names. Internet is made up of many smaller national/regional etc networks linked together. These networks are owned by ex. privat companies. So i dont think building a new network is a problem since its already build, but they would need to disconnect from the current internet and try to form another. Then one could end up with one network for north america, one for europe, on in asia and so on. And then there wouldnt be a internet anymore.
I dont think this is a very likely situation.
Short version: There is a difference in control and ownership of the physical fiber/cables in the ground and domain names.
