Tech Writers Speculates on World Without Internet
What if the Internet went down...and didn't come back up? By Lynn Greiner, CIO.com, 01/22/08
"Imagine, if you will, a world with no Internet. No e-mail. No e-commerce. And no BlackBerrys. E-mail would be supplanted by snail mail; cell phones by land lines. Now imagine what the future would look like. Futurists say virtual business services of all sorts, accounting, payroll and even sales would come to a halt, as would many companies.