[Chapter-delegates] Lybian Internet Outage

[Fred Baker]

On Feb 21, 2011, at 10:38 PM, ould SIDATT wrote:

> > I note with much concern that Libya continues to have rolling Internet
> > blackouts - does anyone know much about the normal nature of Internet
> > service in Libya?
> >
> > How many ISPs, regulatory model, whether govt owned or private...?
> >
> > Does anyone know about the technical means by which this is occurring?
> > eg power blackouts, orders to shut down, route poisoning...?

There is some information on this - not a lot - in the wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_in_Libya#Internet_in_Libya

it reports that 

> Internet and telecommunications are mainly run by the government through a semi-private telecommunication company Libya Telecom & Technology. The company moderates and controls the use of the Internet in Libya.
> The Four ISP's in Libya are:
> 	• AlFalak
> 	• Bayt Al Shams (BsISP)
> 	• Libya Telecom & Technology (LTT)
> 	• Modern World Telecom
> On 18 February 2011, during the 2011 Libyan protests, Libya appeared to have withdrawn all of its BGP prefix announcements from the Internet for a short period, cutting it off from the rest of the global Internet. The prefix were re-advertised six hours later.[1]

Reports on nanog indicate that traffic between Libya and the outside world is sharply curtailed but not "out".

> From: Craig Labovitz <labovit at gmail.com>
> Date: February 21, 2011 9:44:48 AM PST
> To: "NANOG Operators' Group" <nanog at nanog.org>
> Subject: Re: Libya
> 
> 
> Updated data  on Libya and other Internet traffic issues in the region: http://goo.gl/07ONC
> 
> - Craig

Renesys agrees: http://www.renesys.com/blog/#latest