It is not so much the number of connections that a country has to the internet but the number of connections that a country internal to itself. Consider two cou

It is not so much the number of connections that a country has to the internet but the number of connections that a country internal to itself. Consider two countries: Country A has an IXP (Internet Exchange Point) within its borders. Thus, if it cuts external connections, Country A still has working network connections between hosts within its borders. Country B has most of its internal communications routed through IXPs in neighboring countries. When it cuts those external connections, it cuts connections between hosts within its own borders. All other things being equal Country B will bare a much higher cost to cutting the internet than Country A because at least people in Country A can access websites inside their country. Given this, consider the national security implications of Amazon AWS.