[Chapter-delegates] Nationwide Internet blackout in Syria

[komaitis at isoc.org]

The washington post just published a chart on the Syrian blackout: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2012/11/29/a-stunning-chart-shows-syrias-internet-blackout/

Regards

Konstantinos

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On Nov 29, 2012, at 2:19 PM, Rudi Vansnick <rudi.vansnick at isoc.be> wrote:

> Nationwide Internet blackout in Syria
> Two US-based Internet-monitoring companies say Syria has shut off the Internet nationwide.
> 
> BEIRUT —
> Two US-based Internet-monitoring companies say Syria has shut off the Internet nationwide.
> 
> Activists in Syria reached Thursday by satellite telephone confirmed the unprecedented blackout, which comes amid intense fighting in the capital, Damascus.
> 
> Renesys, a U.S.-based network security firm that studies Internet disruptions, says Syria effectively disappeared from the Internet at 12:26 p.m. local time.
> 
> Akamai Technologies Inc., another U.S-based company that distributes content on the Internet, also confirmed a complete outage for Syria.
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> Syria has partially cut Internet connections during the 20-month uprising against President Bashar Assad but a nationwide shutdown is unprecedented.
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> http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2019784835_apmlsyria.html
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