<div dir="ltr">The question that imposes itself is: "What can be done in order to prevent this?"<br>How can we garrantee that other countries won't do that as well?<br>In addition to the social impact think of this impact on business (We shifted all the communication from internet back to phonecalls, that is if they don't cut these as well soon... what used to take 15 seconds by email, is taking 15 minutes by phonecall !!! )<br>
<br clear="all"><div dir="ltr">All the best,<br>Bernard.<br>-<br>Bernard SADAKA <br>Mobile: +961 3 172377<br>Twitter: @sdkaaa<br>Website: <a href="http://evoliuvo.com" target="_blank">http://evoliuvo.com</a><br>Email : <a href="mailto:sdkaaa@evoliuvo.com" target="_blank">sdkaaa@evoliuvo.com</a>, <a href="mailto:sdkaaa@gmail.com" target="_blank">sdkaaa@gmail.com</a><br>
------------------------------------------------------<br>DiploFoundation Associate<br>Social Media & Remote Participation Consultant<br>BsE in Computer and Communication Engineer<br>Lebanon</div><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 10:23 AM, parminder <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:parminder@itforchange.net">parminder@itforchange.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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<pre>Today may turn out to be a historic day for Egypt...
Pl read below.
AP: "The day part of the Internet died: Egypt goes dark"
<a href="http://bit.ly/gCJFHt" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/gCJFHt</a> (AP / MSN)
"The Internet blackout in Egypt shows that a country with strong
control over its Internet providers apparently can force all of
them to pull their plugs at once, something that Cowie called
'almost entirely unprecedented in Internet history.'"</pre>
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