Yes, with something this complex, you do become nervous about the chance of a single point of failure.

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Since an access point can share its connection with several other routers located near it, it doesn't have a single point of failure.

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While it is true that virtualization may be creating a situation where there is now a single point of failure, the cost benefits of virtualizing servers are well documented.

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But as has become clear, WikiLeaks was not like the Internet it lives on: It also had a single, internal point of failure.

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