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by joppy 948 days ago
If a country has the capability to "lock down ports", they're probably shipping ports - do you think Australia is just suddenly going to (or has the capability to) block all IP traffic on certain ports? A notable exception is China.
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They could do it if they tried. Part of being an island is there's only a few connections to the outside.
Satellite internet would like a word.
Perhaps < 1% traffic is routed by satellites, such congestion means it's almost blocked
They don't operate without licenses.