one more thing, why do you think they call it the NET. Ok think of a net, in a literal sense. If someone cuts one rope of a net, the net does not fall apart. If you were following the lines of the net, you could still get from one side to the other, by skipping over a line or two. And that is how the internet works too, if someone cuts part of it, you can still get to places by taking a different route. Even if someone cut the net in half (the literal net) you could still get from one end to the other, within the two halves. There is no one "Big Pipe" the only way to destroy the net is to go around with wire cutters, and cut the wires off the backs of every computer. Oh and don't forget to destroy a few satilites while you are at it, because the net goes through them too!