US.gov - including NASA et al - quits the internet. Is the UN running it now?

'Due to a lapse in funding, the US federal government has shut down'

The US government has disappeared from the internet after a hard core of Republican party lawmakers forced the superpower's state agencies to shut down over a budget dispute.…

via The Register - Networks

http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/01/america_quits_the_internet_after_government_shutdown/