Cockpit Colin wrote:


You haven't a clue how the Internet operates. There is no Internet
central authority.

Not that many border-gateway routers connecting US backbones to the rest
of the country though, which becomes a different argument. Unlikely, but
not overly difficult to isolate the USA from the internet if need be.

You might be surprised. I'm aware of some very regional (ie. not too large)
"backbones" in the NYC area that have their own connectivity to some ASN
outside of the US.

Now, NYC might be unusual in the intercontinental traffic it generates. But
not *that* unusual. I expect many MANs now have pretty widespread
peerings.

- Andrew