[Chapter-delegates] Nationwide Internet blackout in Syria

[Shreedeep Rayamajhi]

The Syrian government and Rebels have been blamed for the shutdown of
internet and telecommunication services in its territory on Thursday. The
tussle in between the Syrian rebels and the forces loyal to President
Bashar al-Assad just outside Damascus resulted in cutting the access to its
international airport, and the telecommunication lines.

http://www.rayznews.com/syria-down-no-internet/

On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 12:10 AM, Dan York <york at isoc.org> wrote:

> Google is also showing the dramatic drop in traffic from Syria to their
> services:
>
>
> https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/traffic/?r=SY&l=EVERYTHING&csd=1353997700482&ced=1354205460000
>
> And security firm Arbor Networks is showing a similar drop:
>
> http://ddos.arbornetworks.com/2012/11/syria-goes-dark/
>
> MANY articles are now appearing stating that all phone connections into
> the country have been terminated as well, along with various reports of
> increased fighting: http://www.techmeme.com/121129/p21#a121129p21
>
> Tons of tweets appearing, many using the hashtag #SyriaBlackout:
>
> https://twitter.com/search?q=%23syriablackout&src=typd<https://twitter.com/search?q=#syriablackout&src=typd>
>
> Google sent out a tweet stating that this is why a free and open Internet
> is so important:
> https://twitter.com/google/status/274204766249291777
>
> If you're looking for a smaller stream of tweets than that hashtag, Andy
> Carvin is once again curating relevant tweets as he did during the Arab
> Spring earlier this year:  https://twitter.com/acarvin
>
> Scary situation - I do hope that all within the country are okay through
> all of this,
> Dan
>
>
> On Nov 29, 2012, at 11:31 AM, komaitis at isoc.org wrote:
>
> 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
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Carlos M. Martinez" <carlosmarcelomartinez at gmail.com>
> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2012 11:21am
> To: "Rudi Vansnick" <rudi.vansnick at isoc.be>
> Cc: "Chapter Delegates" <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org>
> Subject: Re: [Chapter-delegates] Nationwide Internet blackout in Syria
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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.
>
> Syria has partially cut Internet connections during the 20-month uprising
> against President Bashar Assad but a nationwide shutdown is unprecedented.
>
> http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2019784835_apmlsyria.html
>
>
> Rudi Vansnick
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