I agree with ntsa, takeing down the entire Internet would be very unlikely.

The internet is constantly growing ever since it was started in 1969 as the ARPA NET.

With the cisco routers being capable of handleing 320 billion bits of information per second and, when fully loaded with boards, move as many as 60 million packets of data every second.

It would be extreamly dificult, and even then, punishment for even trying such a task would be something of high order.

And as mentioned why would they take down the net when they spend their days and evenings online and have become a net adict.