“Typically what happens in countries like Tunisia or Iran or China is people exert very surgical control over information, they will block particular domain names, or they’ll block particular Web sites or particular small networks that host content that they don’t like. When Iran had its problems after its elections, they slowed down their Internet so they could use it more effectively to control protestors but they didn’t take it down. Normally, when someone has a problem on the Internet, it’s a single provider, a single organization, that gets in trouble or loses a piece of equipment or runs out of power for their generator after a blackout or something. In this case, within the space of about 20 minutes, all of the largest service providers in Egypt mysteriously and with no apparent coordination all left the Internet. It’s a completely different signature.”

Jim Cowie, Renesys Chief Technology Officer in How Was Egypt’s Internet Access Shut Off?

The rest is pretty interesting too. The internet, man. It’s a crazy place.

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