The Internet, "appears to have survived a severe test of the adaptable traffic routing concepts it embodies, " the company said.

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And even though the nightmarish flight delays and cancellations that the airline industry predicted would result from the furloughs did not materialize yet, the real test will come Monday, when traffic ramps up.

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The Spanish double world champion, whose presence at the test drew a huge crowd and led to traffic jams on the way to the track, improved to a 1:20.966 on his next run and then 1:20.493 - just 0.1secs off the fastest time of the test so far, set by Schumacher on Friday.

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