Correct. I think when previous administrations suggested this kind of
thing (a US internet 'kill switch') the prospect was eventually given up
as infeasible given the number of exchange points in the US. (in other
countries such as Canada where there are fewer chokepoints may be less
difficult to achieve).

However, the US does appear to already have a policy in place for
killing mobile telecoms:
https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2015/04/08/court-might-force-us-to-reveal-details-of-secret-wifi-kill-switch/


I think it's currently limited to emergency situations, and even Mr
Trump may have a hard time convincing anyone that 'people criticizing me
online' is any sort of emergency, but who knows?!

Best,
Tamir

On 10/27/2015 5:19 PM, Seun Ojedeji wrote:
>
> I think we have so much tied the internet to services which can just
> be switched off by a particular govt or individual. Internet is
> network or networks and that is infrastructure wise.
>
> If access to infrastructure in the USA is shut down or denied access
> to or if ICANN is shutdown by the USA. It will just be a matter of
> time for infrastructure in the rest of the world to adapt and continue
> internetworking.
>
> That said, this is not to underestimate the implications of a possible
> attempt from the states but it's just to buttress that the Internet
> has grown and expanded to become un-killable with a kill switch in a
> country. Not even Trump can trample the internet for so long ;-)
>
> Cheers!
> Sent from my Asus Zenfone2
> Kindly excuse brevity and typos.
>
> On 27 Oct 2015 20:50, "Remmy Nweke" <[log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>
>     http://www.itrealms.com.ng/2015/10/donald-trump-may-switch-off-internet.html?m=1
>