Thanks for the detailed explanation.
The internet consists of a lot of individual hardware. So even if they turned off the internet wouldn't there be a way to reconnect some of the network hardware that is more localized together? A state or a local community, for example, may be able to gather all of this existing local equipment and gave itself a local internet and eventually make a connection to the next local area network and eventually get a new and perhaps a more decentralized internet.
I'm just saying, if they turn it off, we'll find a way to turn it back on with all of that existing hardware and all. Not easy I'm sure but doable.
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