Of course it is entirely possible that it was the rioters simply because they wanted people to notice. And I guess it worked.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Warren Bailey [mailto:wbai...@satelliteintelligencegroup.com] > Sent: Wednesday, 25 September, 2013 18:43 > To: Tammy Firefly > Cc: nanog@nanog.org > Subject: Re: Sudan disconnected from the Internet > > We make Ku-band backpacks for this type of scenario. I would give it 12- > 18 > hours before you see CNN light up with live feeds.. I didn't even KNOW > this was happening prior to them doing this. Seems like cutting off > access > would alert a lot more folks than some people wrecking Sudan over fuel > subsidies?? > > Doesn't look like it's been picked up by CNN substantially yet, but I > imagine we'll get "breaking news" soon enough. Would be interesting to > see > if it was a forced drop or did they actually just take a pair of > scissors > and murder the internets? > > On 9/25/13 5:40 PM, "Tammy Firefly" <tammy-li...@wiztech.biz> wrote: > > >On 9/25/13 18:38:09, Warren Bailey wrote: > >> > >>http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/sudan-security-clashes- > subs > >>id > >> y-protesters-20360418 > >> > >> On 9/25/13 5:34 PM, "Tammy Firefly" <tammy-li...@wiztech.biz> wrote: > >> > >>> On 9/25/13 18:29:58, Jeff Kell wrote: > >>>> On 9/25/2013 8:25 PM, Tammy Firefly wrote: > >>>>> with the old fashioned pair of diagonal cutters applied to fiber? > >>>> > >>>> Yes, interesting to know if it was cut fiber, pressure on the > inside > >>>> providers (or their feeds), or pressure on the outside providers. > >>>> > >>>> Traceroutes lend any clue? > >>>> > >>>> Jeff > >>>> > >>> > >>> If the government did it, I guarantee it was cut fiber. That makes > it > >>> difficult to quickly restore. One has to wonder whats going on > there > >>> right now that they dont want the world to know about? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > > > >Then its quite likely the government cut the fiber to cover that up :) > >wouldnt surprise me if they cut it in multiple places as well. > > >
