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Is There a Second Internet?

“is there a 2nd internet”
No, none exists
Confidence: High Checked on July 6, 2026

Summary

There is no separate, globally recognized “second internet.” While it is technically possible to build isolated networks or alternative infrastructures, they either must adhere to the existing Internet’s addressing and routing standards to interconnect, or remain isolated and not constitute a distinct worldwide Internet. Consequently, a second, parallel Internet does not currently exist.

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datasciencecampus.ons.gov.uk
  • What can internet use tell us about our society and the economy? | Data Science Campus

    Most IXPs provide network throughput statistics and historical data showing the aggregate amount of bandwidth measured in megabits, gigabits and terabits per second. For example, the Amsterdam Internet eXchange (AMS-IX), Moscow Internet eXchange (MSK-IX) and London Internet eXchange (LINX) all provide network traffic statistics at five minute intervals.

circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
nbcnews.com
en.wikipedia.org
  • Global Internet usage - Wikipedia

    The Internet Systems Consortium provides account for the number of the worldwide number of IPv4 hosts (see below). In 2019, this Internet domain survey was discontinued as it does not account for IPv6 hosts, and therefore might be misleading. The Web index is a composite statistic designed ...

pewresearch.org
superuser.com
networkengineering.stackexchange.com
  • Can you make another internet? - Network Engineering Stack Exchange

    There is nothing to keep a different group from creating an alternative Internet, but using public IP addresses and ASes already assigned for use on the Internet would preclude it from being connected to the existing Internet. Connecting an internet to the existing Internet would require following the existing Internet addressing and policies, and is really just extending the existing Internet.

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