Egypt unplugs from the Internet2011-01-28 09:39 by DanielaTags: Egypt, Internet
Egypt is effectively offline, after the government cut off almost all internet access late last night. It's a far bigger blackout than those we've seen in, say, Tunisia or Iran in recent weeks, with ISPs themselves offline, rather than just social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook. Those were cut off by the Egyptian government earlier this week. Unrest has been building in the country all week, with the biggest demonstrations against president Hosni Mubarak's government planned for today - a 'Friday of Wrath', as it's been known. Egypt's four biggest internet providers - Link Egypt, Vodafone Raya, Telecom Egypt and Etisalat Misr - all stopped operating at around midnijght local time. Only one ISP, Noor, appears to be up and running - possibly because it handles traffic for the Egyptian Stock Exchange. It's also used by a number of big multinationals including ExxonMobil, Coca-Cola and Nestle. Read more -here-
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