The Internet was much more resilient when it was just that - an internetwork of connected networks; each of which could and did operate autonomously. Now we ha

The Internet was much more resilient when it was just that - an internetwork of connected networks; each of which could and did operate autonomously. Now we have computers that shit themselves if DNS isn’t working, let alone LANs that can operate disconnected from the Internet as a whole. And partially working or indicating this it works (when it doesn’t) is usually even worse.