From the same wiki page:  In the media and common use it is often not
capitalized, viz.*the internet*

Many publications today disregard the historical development and use the
term in its common noun spelling, arguing that it has become a generic
medium of communication.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalization_of_%22Internet%22

This is a style guide point. It's unusual to see internet capitalised in
non-USA publications. Sarah Richards can advise on GOV.UK correct usage.


On 7 October 2013 10:51, Edd Sowden <notifications@github.com> wrote:

> In service-manual/making-software/progressive-enhancement.md:
>
> >
> >  There are many scenarios where the extra layers can fail to load, including temporary network errors and DNS lookup failures. The server that the resource is found on could be overloaded or down, and fail to respond in time or at all.
> >
> > -On top of failures there is deliberate filtering of the Internet. Many large institutions (eg banks and financial institutions, some government departments) have corporate firewalls that block, remove or alter content from the Internet. Mobile network providers have been known to resample images and otherwise alter content in order to make the load times faster and reduce bandwidth consumed. Also some antivirus and personal firewall software will alter and/or block content.
> > +On top of failures there's deliberate filtering of the internet. Many large institutions (eg banks and financial institutions, some government departments) have corporate firewalls that block, remove or alter content from the internet. Mobile network providers have been known to resample images and otherwise alter content in order to make the load times faster and reduce bandwidth consumed. Also some antivirus and personal firewall software will alter and/or block content.
>
> The Internet, referring to the specific global system of interconnected IP networks, is a proper noun and written with an initial capital letter.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet
>
> —
> Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub<https://github.com/alphagov/government-service-design-manual/pull/222/files#r6793194>
> .
>