No, that was Usenet. John actually said "the Net", but he was talking about Usenet. Usenet routing does work that way, although it's vulnerable to spoofing.

No, that was Usenet. John actually said "the Net", but he was talking about Usenet. Usenet routing does work that way, although it's vulnerable to spoofing. Internet routing basically doesn't work that way at all and never has.