What would happen if the internet crashed forever?

Every Web site would be offline. Huge companies like Google or Amazon would become obsolete instantly. Other companies like Microsoft would see enormous sections of their operations disappear. Even companies that only use the Web as a means of advertisement would be adversely affected.

Will we ever lose the internet?

“It’s possible, but very unlikely, for the entire internet to go down,” Juola says. “Just as it’s possible to flip a coin fifty times and have it come up heads each time. The odds against that are roughly 2^50 to one, but it’s possible.”

What would happen if the entire Internet was shut down?

If the entire internet was shut down, we would witness an almost immediate global economic collapse. The internet is the nervous system of contemporary globalization.

What would happen if the sun broke the Internet?

If a storm of that magnitude occurred today, it would blow out transformers and melt down computer systems. In theory, a major solar event could break the entire internet. The sun’s activity follows an 11 year cycle called the solar cycle.

What would happen to the Internet if the Earth collided?

An asteroid or comet could collide with the Earth with enough force to destroy a significant portion of the internet’s infrastructure. Overwhelming gamma radiation or electromagnetic fluctuations coming from the sun might also do the trick. But in those scenarios, the Earth itself would become a lifeless hulk.

Is the Internet destroying the economy and society?

More than half of the world is online and in the high-income nations, the internet is increasingly embedded in the habits of how people do what they do. Shopping, banking, getting information, finding entertainment—all online. So this would be a shock to the social and economic fabric of society.