ICANN to shut down internet for one hour

in Governance by — April 1, 2008 06:52 | no comments

 

ICANN logoFrom ZDNet…

The main domain servers and related infrastructure controlling the internet will be powered down for one hour on Tuesday at 12pm, British Summer Time.

ICANN, the body responsible for maintaining the registry of domain names and IP addresses, announced on Tuesday that it would effectively turn off the internet in order to gauge the ecological impact of such a move.

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