From: BYEANYOTHERNAME@YAHOO.COM   
      
   Johann Beretta  wrote in   
   news:r1jnar$fn8$1@dont-email.me:   
      
   > On 2/6/20 9:26 PM, BYANYOTHER NAME wrote:   
   >> So internet was down. But interestingly I could STILL connect and   
   >> brows   
   > er   
   >> although much slower using TOR or any encrypted VPN. Why is that?   
   >>   
   > Obviously the internet was not down. It's not like your computer was   
   > browsing by fucking telepathy.  Your wifi may have been down, but then   
   > it becomes obvious you were connection another way. Cellular?   
   > Hardline? Ad-Hoc connection via another computer that did have a   
   > connection? Hotspot?   
   >   
   > You cannot use the internet if the "Internet is down". That's like   
   > claiming you can use electricity when the electricity is out.  If your   
   > house has power when the power is out, then you're getting it another   
   > way; generator, solar, batteries, something.. It doesn't spring into   
   > existence out of the ether.   
   >   
   >   
   Sorry but you're wrong. This has happened before. It has to do with   
   access to the router/ISP's DNS server. When the connection is encrypted   
   the ISP has no control over your DNS lookups, cannot block them, slow   
   them, etc. Honestly you don't know what your talking about.   
      
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