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Does the USA own the internet?

1 points by thesmileyone ↗ HN
I always thought the internet was not owned by ANYONE, however with the news of the NSA stuff I have been performing tracert's at my end and I notice that EVERYTHING passes through the USA. So if the USA was to shut off the internet at their end, would it disrupt everything globally?

For example if I connect to a server in France, for some reason that goes through the West Coast USA...

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chrisbridgett
How are you connecting to that French server? If you're using a domain name, maybe the nameservers are located in the US.

If you're using an IP address then that sounds a little strange.

jongibbins
Does the USA own the internet? It sure thinks it does.