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Around 2236 UCT, we lost all Internet connectivity with our contacts in=20

Egypt, and I'm hearing reports of (in declining order of confirmability):=
=20




1) Internet connectivity loss on major (broadband) ISPs=20

2) No SMS=20

4) Intermittent connectivity with smaller (dialup?) ISPs=20

5) No mobile service in major cities -- Cairo, Alexandria=20




The working assumption here is that the Egyptian government has made the=20

decision to shut down all external, and perhaps internal electronic=20

communication as a reaction to the ongoing protests in that country.=20




If anyone can provide more details as to what they're seeing, the extent,=
=20

plus times and dates, it would be very useful. In moments like this there=
=20

are often many unconfirmed rumors: I'm seeking concrete reliable=20

confirmation which I can pass onto the press and those working to bring som=
e=20

communications back up (if you have a ham radio license, there is some very=
=20

early work to provide emergency connectivity. Info at:=20

http://pastebin.com/fHHBqZ7Q )=20




Thank you,=20




--=20

dobrien at cpj.org=20


Danny O'Brien, Committee to Protect Journalists=20

On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 4:53 PM, Joly MacFie < joly at punkcast.com > wrote:=
=20






http://www.allfacebook.com/egypt-blocks-access-to-facebook-2011-01=20




Egypt=E2=80=99s blockage was confirmed by Jillian York, a project coordinat=
or at Harvard=E2=80=99s Berkman Center for Internet and Society that overse=
es the Herdict service, who sent an email to Reuters .=20




Egypt=E2=80=99s blockage of Facebook today follows a similar move against T=
witter yesterday, TechCrunch has reported , as the microblogging site has a=
lso helped protesters organize themselves.=20

Will the Egyptian government=E2=80=99s efforts to block access to social me=
dia ultimately strengthen protesters=E2=80=99 resolve and possibly strength=
en support for the demonstration outside of Egypt?=20
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WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com=20
http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com=20
VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org=20
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div style=3D'font-family: Arial; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000'>http://ww=
w.renesys.com/blog/2011/01/egypt-leaves-the-internet.shtml<span><br><br><sp=
an name=3D"x"></span><div><div><div>Franck Martin<br><a href=3D"http://www.=
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/a><br><a href=3D"http://www.facebook.com/Avonsys" mce_href=3D"http://www.f=
acebook.com/Avonsys">http://www.facebook.com/Avonsys</a><br>twitter: <a hre=
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Martin">FranckMartin</a> <a href=3D"http://twitter.com/avonsys" mce_href=3D=
"http://twitter.com/avonsys">Avonsys</a><br><br>Check your domain reputatio=
n: <a href=3D"http://gurl.im/b69d4o" mce_href=3D"http://gurl.im/b69d4o">htt=
p://gurl.im/b69d4o</a><br></div></div></div><span name=3D"x"></span><br></s=
pan><br><hr id=3D"zwchr"><b>From: </b>"Joly MacFie" <joly at punkcast.com&g=
t;<br><b>To: </b>"ISOC Chapter Delegates" <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc=
.org><br><b>Sent: </b>Friday, 28 January, 2011 1:13:40 PM<br><b>Subject:=
 </b>Re: [Chapter-delegates] Egypt blocking Facebook & Twitter<br><br><=
div>From the Washington Post:</div><div><br></div><div><blockquote><span cl=
ass=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 14px;" mce_style=3D"font-size:=
 14px;">Clinton urges Egypt to unblock Twitter, Facebook: According to=
 the <a href=3D"http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ixwV=
whR9FgK42tADJCk4sjnmle0Q?docId=3D296890c6e84e47138ed448432c8fe16c" mce_href=
=3D"http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ixwVwhR9FgK42tADJCk4s=
jnmle0Q?docId=3D296890c6e84e47138ed448432c8fe16c" target=3D"_blank">Associa=
ted Press</a>, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged the Egyptian=
 government to lift its ban on social media sites such as Facebook and Twit=
ter as the country deals with the aftermath of riots that shook Cairo this =
week. Clinton said that the United States supports Egyptians' rights to fre=
edom of expression, association and assembly.</span></blockquote>

<blockquote>The Egyptian government <a href=3D"http://www.itp.net/5837=
14-egypt-government-denies-twitter-block" mce_href=3D"http://www.itp.net/58=
3714-egypt-government-denies-twitter-block" target=3D"_blank">denies</a>&nb=
sp;that it is blocking the social media sites. There are mixed reports on T=
witter about the status of the micro-blogging site in Egypt. Some insist th=
at the site is blocked, while others say the sites are up <a href=3D"h=
ttp://twitter.com/#%21/Zeinobia/status/30623473210499072" mce_href=3D"http:=
//twitter.com/#!/Zeinobia/status/30623473210499072" target=3D"_blank">but m=
oving slowly.</a><br mce_bogus=3D"1"></blockquote>

</div><div><br></div>From nanog:<div><br></div><div><blockquote class=3D"gm=
ail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(2=
04, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;" mce_style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-rig=
ht: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; bo=
rder-left-color: #cccccc; border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex; ">

Around 2236 UCT, we lost all Internet connectivity with our contacts in</bl=
ockquote><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" face=3D"arial, sans-serif"><block=
quote>Egypt, and I'm hearing reports of (in declining order of confirmabili=
ty):</blockquote>

<blockquote style=3D"border-collapse: collapse;" mce_style=3D"border-collap=
se: collapse; "><br></blockquote><blockquote><span class=3D"Apple-style-spa=
n" style=3D"border-collapse: collapse;" mce_style=3D"border-collapse: colla=
pse;">1) Internet connectivity loss on major (broadband) ISPs</span></block=
quote><blockquote>

<span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: collapse;" mce_s=
tyle=3D"border-collapse: collapse;">2) No SMS</span></blockquote><blockquot=
e><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: collapse;" mce=
_style=3D"border-collapse: collapse;">4) Intermittent connectivity with sma=
ller (dialup?) ISPs</span></blockquote>

<blockquote><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: coll=
apse;" mce_style=3D"border-collapse: collapse;">5) No mobile service in maj=
or cities -- Cairo, Alexandria</span></blockquote><blockquote><br></blockqu=
ote><blockquote><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: =
collapse;" mce_style=3D"border-collapse: collapse;">The working assumption =
here is that the Egyptian government has made the</span></blockquote>

<blockquote><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: coll=
apse;" mce_style=3D"border-collapse: collapse;">decision to shut down all e=
xternal, and perhaps internal electronic</span></blockquote><blockquote><sp=
an class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: collapse;" mce_styl=
e=3D"border-collapse: collapse;">communication as a reaction to the ongoing=
 protests in that country.</span></blockquote>

<blockquote><br></blockquote><blockquote><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" s=
tyle=3D"border-collapse: collapse;" mce_style=3D"border-collapse: collapse;=
">If anyone can provide more details as to what they're seeing, the extent,=
</span></blockquote><blockquote><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"b=
order-collapse: collapse;" mce_style=3D"border-collapse: collapse;">plus ti=
mes and dates, it would be very useful. In moments like this there</span></=
blockquote>

<blockquote><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: coll=
apse;" mce_style=3D"border-collapse: collapse;">are often many unconfirmed =
rumors: I'm seeking concrete reliable</span></blockquote><blockquote><span =
class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: collapse;" mce_style=
=3D"border-collapse: collapse;">confirmation which I can pass onto the pres=
s and those working to bring some</span></blockquote>

<blockquote><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: coll=
apse;" mce_style=3D"border-collapse: collapse;">communications back up (if =
you have a ham radio license, there is some very</span></blockquote><blockq=
uote><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: collapse;" =
mce_style=3D"border-collapse: collapse;">early work to provide emergency co=
nnectivity. Info at:</span></blockquote>

<blockquote><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" color=3D"#1c51a8"><span class=
=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: collapse;" mce_style=3D"bor=
der-collapse: collapse;"><a href=3D"http://pastebin.com/fHHBqZ7Q" mce_href=
=3D"http://pastebin.com/fHHBqZ7Q" target=3D"_blank">http://pastebin.com/fHH=
BqZ7Q</a> )</span></font></blockquote>

<blockquote><br></blockquote><blockquote><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" s=
tyle=3D"border-collapse: collapse;" mce_style=3D"border-collapse: collapse;=
">Thank you,</span></blockquote><blockquote style=3D"border-collapse: colla=
pse; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(136, 136, 136);" mce_style=3D"border-colla=
pse: collapse; font-size: 13px; color: #888888; ">

<br></blockquote><blockquote style=3D"color: rgb(136, 136, 136);" mce_style=
=3D"color: #888888; "><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-coll=
apse: collapse;" mce_style=3D"border-collapse: collapse;">--</span></blockq=
uote><blockquote><a href=3D"mailto:dobrien at cpj.org" mce_href=3D"mailto:dobr=
ien at cpj.org" style=3D"border-collapse: collapse;" mce_style=3D"border-colla=
pse: collapse;" target=3D"_blank"><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" color=3D=
"#1c51a8">dobrien at cpj.org</font></a><br mce_bogus=3D"1"></blockquote>

<blockquote><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" color=3D"#888888"><span class=
=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: collapse;" mce_style=3D"bor=
der-collapse: collapse;">Danny O'Brien, Committee to Protect Journalists</s=
pan></font></blockquote></font><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">

On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 4:53 PM, Joly MacFie <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=
=3D"mailto:joly at punkcast.com" mce_href=3D"mailto:joly at punkcast.com" target=
=3D"_blank">joly at punkcast.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D=
"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rg=
b(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;" mce_style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border=
-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">

<div><br></div><div><br></div><a href=3D"http://www.allfacebook.com/egypt-b=
locks-access-to-facebook-2011-01" mce_href=3D"http://www.allfacebook.com/eg=
ypt-blocks-access-to-facebook-2011-01" target=3D"_blank">http://www.allface=
book.com/egypt-blocks-access-to-facebook-2011-01</a><div><br></div><div><br=
></div>

<div><a href=3D"http://www.allfacebook.com/egypt-blocks-access-to-facebook-=
2011-01" mce_href=3D"http://www.allfacebook.com/egypt-blocks-access-to-face=
book-2011-01" target=3D"_blank"></a><span style=3D"font-family: Arial,sans-=
serif; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(68, 68, 70); line-height: 20px;" mce_sty=
le=3D"font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:12px;color:#444446;line-heigh=
t:20px">Egypt=E2=80=99s blockage was confirmed by Jillian York, a project c=
oordinator at Harvard=E2=80=99s Berkman Center for Internet and Society tha=
t oversees the Herdict service, who sent an email to <a href=3D"h=
ttp://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE70P63120110126" mce_href=3D"http://www=
.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE70P63120110126" style=3D"margin: 0px; padding: =
0px; border-width: 0px; outline-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(235, 238,=
 245); color: rgb(68, 68, 70); display: inline;" mce_style=3D"margin-top:0p=
x;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;paddin=
g-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border=
-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style=
:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width:0px;outline-style:initial;outli=
ne-color:initial;background-color:#ebeef5;color:#444446;display:inline;back=
ground-repeat:initial initial" target=3D"_blank">Reuters</a>.</span></div>


<div><font color=3D"#444446" face=3D"Arial, sans-serif"><span style=3D"font=
-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;" mce_style=3D"font-size:12px;line-height:20=
px"><br></span></font></div><div><font color=3D"#444446" face=3D"Arial, san=
s-serif"><span style=3D"font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;" mce_style=3D"f=
ont-size:12px;line-height:20px"><p style=3D"margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 1=
0px; border-width: 0px; outline-width: 0px; background-color: transparent;"=
 mce_style=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left=
:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:0px=
;border-top-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border=
-left-width:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width:0px=
;outline-style:initial;outline-color:initial;background-color:transparent;b=
ackground-repeat:initial initial">


Egypt=E2=80=99s blockage of Facebook today follows a similar move against T=
witter yesterday, TechCrunch has <a href=3D"http://techcrunch.com/2011=
/01/26/after-blocking-twitter-egypt-reportedly-starts-restricting-access-to=
-facebook/" mce_href=3D"http://techcrunch.com/2011/01/26/after-blocking-twi=
tter-egypt-reportedly-starts-restricting-access-to-facebook/" style=3D"marg=
in: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; outline-width: 0px; background-co=
lor: rgb(235, 238, 245); color: rgb(68, 68, 70); display: inline;" mce_styl=
e=3D"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padd=
ing-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;border-to=
p-width:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-widt=
h:0px;border-style:initial;border-color:initial;outline-width:0px;outline-s=
tyle:initial;outline-color:initial;background-color:#ebeef5;color:#444446;d=
isplay:inline;background-repeat:initial initial" target=3D"_blank">reported=
</a>, as the microblogging site has also helped protesters organize themsel=
ves.</p>


<p style=3D"margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; border-width: 0px; outline-=
width: 0px; background-color: transparent;" mce_style=3D"margin-top:0px;mar=
gin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-rig=
ht:0px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-rig=
ht-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-style:ini=
tial;border-color:initial;outline-width:0px;outline-style:initial;outline-c=
olor:initial;background-color:transparent;background-repeat:initial initial=
">


Will the Egyptian government=E2=80=99s efforts to block access to social me=
dia ultimately strengthen protesters=E2=80=99 resolve and possibly strength=
en support for the demonstration outside of Egypt?</p></span></font><br>-- =
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et=3D"_blank">http://pinstand.com</a> - <a href=3D"http://punkcast.com" mce=
_href=3D"http://punkcast.com" target=3D"_blank">http://punkcast.com</a><br>=
  VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - <a href=3D"http://isoc-ny.org" mce_href=3D"ht=
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