It may be ridiculous and incredible, as you suggest, but, in an ironic way it
also opens the door to a discussion on nationalizing the 'Net's backbone
infrastructure 
*groan*
Oh that's a lovely thought!
Well, looking at the recent security scorecards, we can choose between
letting DHS call the shots (wait, they got an F for their OWN security),
and the NSF, which got an A.
Wait, didn't those guys used to run the backbone?