As an exercise, I was to trace the route of Internet packages from my computer to an arbitrary US server. I tried whitehouse.gov, nasa.gov, wikipedia.org, and none of these packages left Europe. My packages to foxnews.com did apparently not even leave the country (response time of 7 ms).

But, as expected, Kennebec Valley Community College delivered and brought my packets all across the Atlantic. Thank you, Kennebec. Wherever that is.