Broken Internet Exchanges
Internet Exchanges are the physical nodes where different service providers' networks meet and exchange traffic. Without them, information would stop flowing on the Internet. Since there are a number of Internet Exchanges across the world, breaking one of them would not cause the entire Internet to go down. But there are fewer major Internet Exchanges than you might think -- only about a few dozen total -- and large geographic regions can be dependent on a single one. So losing even just one Internet Exchange could significantly disrupt Internet connectivity for a lot of people.
Internet Exchanges are the physical nodes where different service providers' networks meet and exchange traffic. Without them, information would stop flowing on the Internet. Since there are a number of Internet Exchanges across the world, breaking one of them would not cause the entire Internet to go down. But there are fewer major Internet Exchanges than you might think — only about a few dozen total — and large geographic regions can be dependent on a single one. So losing even just one Internet Exchange could significantly disrupt Internet connectivity for a lot of people.
