That made me think of an old story - never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon. If the internet does go out (and phone with it, because most main ca

That made me think of an old story - never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon. If the internet does go out (and phone with it, because most main carriers use VOIP in the main trunk lines I believe), how many people would actually think of doing something the old physical way? Guess this would be a demonstration of just how seriously we depend on the net in daily life. Would banking be affected - do banks use entirely separate comms lines? Emergency services? Power networks - how is energy usage monitored in nation-wide grids? And what sort of fail-over systems exist?