I think building out national/region specific networks and services is a good thing. I'd probably be more willing to use SaaS products if I could absolutely gua

I think building out national/region specific networks and services is a good thing. I'd probably be more willing to use SaaS products if I could absolutely guarantee that my traffic, personal details and my data never left my country. Why? Because I actually have some chance of making the business accountable. We have things like the Privacy Act and Consumer Guarantees Act. Not only that, but there is a massively smaller barrier to entry to do things like take them to small claims court. If a US based company sells my data or just hands it over to the NSA, I have no course of action. It's just "fuck you, read the TOS". Even if those Terms of Service literally go against established local laws. Note that I'm not talking about content filtering or blocking international traffic. Just removing the huge reliance on international services and infrastructure, that doesn't have to mean cutting the cord.