[135682] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Connectivity status for Egypt
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Marshall Eubanks)
Thu Jan 27 20:11:58 2011
From: Marshall Eubanks <tme@americafree.tv>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimUaNCRFhQqBTPM6Z=W7WUfU8fZUFHGjbqXGJsq@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 20:10:56 -0500
To: Danny O'Brien <danny@spesh.com>
Cc: NANOG Operators' Group <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Jan 27, 2011, at 6:47 PM, Danny O'Brien wrote:
> Around 2236 UCT, we lost all Internet connectivity with our contacts =
in
> Egypt, and I'm hearing reports of (in declining order of =
confirmability):
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> 1) Internet connectivity loss on major (broadband) ISPs
> 2) No SMS
> 4) Intermittent connectivity with smaller (dialup?) ISPs
> 5) No mobile service in major cities -- Cairo, Alexandria
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> The working assumption here is that the Egyptian government has made =
the
> decision to shut down all external, and perhaps internal electronic
> communication as a reaction to the ongoing protests in that country.
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> If anyone can provide more details as to what they're seeing, the =
extent,
> plus times and dates, it would be very useful. In moments like this =
there
> are often many unconfirmed rumors: I'm seeking concrete reliable
> confirmation which I can pass onto the press and those working to =
bring some
> communications back up (if you have a ham radio license, there is some =
very
> early work to provide emergency connectivity. Info at:
> http://pastebin.com/fHHBqZ7Q )
On twitter (follow the #jan25 and #jan28 hash tags), there are many =
reports of loss of internet connectivity in=20
Egypt. Apparently cell phones and land lines are still working.
Of course, the assumption there is that this is connected to the large =
protests expected tomorrow in Egypt.=20
Regards
Marshall
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> Thank you,
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> --=20
> dobrien@cpj.org
> Danny O'Brien, Committee to Protect Journalists
> gpg key: http://www.spesh.com/danny/crypto/dannyobrien-key20091106.txt
>=20
