Their internet backbone, their connection to the world, runs from there to the rest of the world, through servers in the US South. Don't be surprised if the US retaliates, because it can legally, by severing that backbone...rendering Antigua internet-less (and possibly telephone-less) until they relent. We're under no obligation to provide them access to the internet through government or private-owned servers within the US.
It's kind of hard to see on the map below but it's a loop running through the Caribbean from Miami to Mobile with no tendrils running anywhere except the US. That's their connections to the rest of the world on the internet. It's a closed loop connected to the US on both ends...unless they're going to spend 30x their yearly GDP to run a cable to Venezuela, they're are at the connectivity whims of the US.
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