Internet Kill Switch

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The Uk internet has a kill switch, know this for a fact as worked for BT for a couple of years after finishing university.

As most ISPs get their internet through BT wholesale (they own the wires , doesn't matter who you get the phone/internet from) -unless you have Virgin fibre or Hull's KC fibre- can simply be cut off by them using one of their systems.

Usually it's only used to take down exchanges so that repairs can be made, but do it to the six main nodes of the telecoms system and it's goodnight (last time someone took out a node was October 2010).

Would take about ten- fifteen minutes to black out UK if "necessary"