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The Internet depends on physical infrastructure like towers and cables, which can be shut off.
Satellite internet is the main way to access the Internet that cannot so easily be shut off because the infrastructure for that is in space, not the country's borders. So this is why this news story exists for example: https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2026/01/12/kill-switch-iran-shuts-down-starlink-internet-for-first-time/