Al Arabiya is reporting (via twitter) that the Internet has been shut of in Syria (where I have not heard of reports of protests).
I have no confirmation of this as yet. Regards Marshall On Jan 27, 2011, at 9:47 PM, Danny O'Brien wrote: > On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 6:07 PM, Roy <r.engehau...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 1/27/2011 3:47 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): >>> >>> 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 >>> >>> 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. >>> >>> 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 ) >>> >>> Thank you, >>> >>> I suggest that you confine your information to the press on what you know >> rather than speculation on the cause. >> >> "Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by >> stupidity, but don't rule out malice" >> >> https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Hanlon%27s_razor >> >> > That is indeed one of the reasons why I'm seeking corroboration of the > pattern of behaviour; at least to isolate and eliminate any alternative > explanations. It would certainly be of operational interest (and certainly > not unknown in the annals of historical "stupidity") if, say, a single > fiber-cut or network upgrade was disrupting all of these different forms of > communication simultaneously. On the other hand, there's only a finite > number of imaginary backhoes you can conjure up before other explanations > begin to trump Hanlon's razor. > > Right now, I think that http://bgpmon.net/blog/?p=450 explains (or at least > illustrates) why we were getting reports of widespread but not universal > Internet interruption. See also > http://www.renesys.com/blog/2011/01/egypt-leaves-the-internet.shtml . > > I don't have a good explanation for the SMS problems, but lots of > independent reports; I've yet to have any real confirmation of no mobile > service, and lots of denials, so right now I'm going to assume that's > untrue. > > If anyone can get explanations from their peers in the region, please pass > them on (however incomplete or informal -- mail me directly if you'd rather > not contribute to rumors or non-operational NANOG discussions). > > It's late at night in Egypt, and the biggest protests are planned for > tomorrow. A great deal of life-critical systems will be under a great deal > of stress during that time, and the interruptions in network connectivity > would be extremely worrying. > > Thanks for checking this out, > > d. >
