DoS attacks before internet worked for Catalonians:
http://www.zolatimes.com/V4.36/the_day.html
Internet does give some advantage:
Sync message goes out with the time (www, usenet, maillists).
Action takes place in the meatspace (we flush toilets and turn
on hemp lights at the right moments.)
http://www.totaltele.com/view.asp?ArticleID=30234pub=ttcategoryid=626
Internet E-commerce
CW blocks Internet phone calls in the Caymans
By Rick Catlin, Reuters 24 August 2000
Officials of communications giant Cable Wireless , which has a monopoly
on the Cayman Islands, have begun blocking