[so_real]

And this is why it is so important for the Internet to remain a "distributed" and "redundant" system. Putting all our stock in thousands of small providers means small outages in localities. Putting all our stock in a handful of large providers means large outages on a national level. I'll take an inefficient yet highly redundant system over the highly controllable efficient alternative any day.

[usurper]

I'll take an inefficient yet highly redundant system over the highly controllable efficient alternative any day.

I never really thought of it that way but I think you are right.