@rnovotney.bsky.social I was thinking more in a not get spied upon, monitored, and arrested for political speech sort of way.
But you are right, many countries seem to have many different ISP's for internet connection either wired or cell. Whereas once you get away from major highways and cities in the US connection gets dodgy.
To be fair:
I have heard a lot of complaints from UK friends about their wired, household ISP's.
We do have a lot of long distances here in the US.