Egypt is one of the internet’s most prominent choke points thanks to 16 subsea cables carrying ~17% of the world’s internet traffic touching land in the country (Matt Burgess/Wired)

Matt Burgess / Wired:
Egypt is one of the internet’s most prominent choke points thanks to 16 subsea cables carrying ~17% of the world’s internet traffic touching land in the country  —  Underwater cables keep the internet online.  When they congregate in one place, things get tricky.