Internet after a global zombie disaster

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Permalink Reply by Jason Valentine on July 9, 2009 at 12:45am

Um... I may be wrong but doesn't the internet mainly use phone lines to carry data (I know it does here in Australia)?

Secondly, don't telephone lines carry an electrical current (I got shocked while trying to fix my internet and the phone rang...)?

With a global scale apocalypse, I would imagine global power plants would stop working very quickly and to transmit data over a large distance would require a large amount of power. I don't foresee all the solar, wind and fuel generators being enough to cope with the load of all the appliances left turned on as well as the demand to keep the internet running.

Maintenance (already commented on) would also be a huge problem as crap would get broken further hampering the net's effectiveness. I know data can be 'burst' transmitted by wireless broadcast from HAM radio's etc but the effectiveness would be minimal.

I don't think the internet would continue after a global apocalypse. At least not for very long...

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Permalink Reply by PRIME_Ω_PREDATOR on July 9, 2009 at 7:37am

Sat Coms. Most communication today is done by satellite. You would need a transponder and a receiver. Hughes Net, Dish Network and Direct TV have the receivers. You just need a way to transmit.

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Permalink Reply by Jason Valentine on July 10, 2009 at 5:53am

And electricity to power it.

Is ground communication necessary for satellite operation? Like do they have to identify possible collisions and run diagnostics to maintain them?

Let's just say that if I had all the gear in front of me, I'd have no idea how to connect to the PZA-Intranet. I'd be screwed without google. :P

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Permalink Reply by PRIME_Ω_PREDATOR on July 10, 2009 at 3:09pm

Wind, solar, hydro electric. it's out there you've just got to learn about it.

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