I ditched my landline years and years ago. I always thought if there's a cable internet outage, I have the cell phone data as a backup. When both went out I could see how a panic could bubble up.
If I have time, I'll track down the Q posts where Q warns of the internet going dark. However in #2617 of qanon.pub Q says it 'possible' for NSA to take control.
Q !!mG7VJxZNCI ID: 089200 No.4280831 📁 Dec 12 2018 18:56:52 (EST) Anonymous ID: 46f367 No.4280746 📁 Dec 12 2018 18:55:13 (EST) >>4280189 Is internet infrastructure being safeguarded to prevent shut down? >>4280746 NSA ability to overreach hosts possible.
I suspect that Russia will disconnect to see if they have any leaks. The leaks could be considerable.