Alex Gleason (npub108p…yev6)
Kind of hard to see but I understand one big bottleneck is in Egypt.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/google-egypt-suez-digital-internet-flow-change-middle-east
The maps here show that more clearly & the text says that 17% to up to 30% of all internet traffic goes through there.
That story is two years old - not sure if any of the alternatives were ever built.