The point I was trying to make was that the government can control the internet and shut it down. The government also controls the airwaves. I’d think they’d cancel all licenses and scramble signals if possible.
Bottom line is the government controls all communication between the people.
I used to be an ISP so I know about shutting the internet down. It's doable, there are 4-6 main "choke points" in the U.S.' network that once shut down, literally disables the 'net. Hell, the telco's get one government order to shut down and you can kiss the whole 'net goodbye.
Simply revoking amateur operator licenses isn't going to have the same net effect as shutting down the internet, specially when one considers there are approximately 1,000,000 ham radio operators in the United States alone.
It doesn't take a whole lot of power or big antenna's to send signals around the world either, so it's not like the government can drive down the street and look for towers with lots of metal in the air. Sure, some like me have a big tower with lots of antenna's up in the air, but that's not the majority. Most of the licensed ham's I know use more stealthy means of transmission such as wires in tree's, flagpole antennas (they look like real flagpoles) and antenna's in attic's or under gutters along the roof lines they're a lot harder to find.
It'll be a hell of alot harder to shut down the ham's than it will be to shut down the internet, that I can guarantee you.
By the way, if you have a shortwave radio, tune into 7.240 LSB some evening after oh, say 9pm. All it takes is one guy keying up yelling "Obama Sucks!" to bring out the true feelings of the Amateur radio community on a very large scale, towards the current occupant of the White House. It's alot worse on 80 Meters late at night above 3.920. You can't find an Obama supporter anywhere on 80 meters. It's like the wild west.