<div>No Telco in their right mind would willingly shut themselves down in my view, it would be like cutting off an arm or a leg. Any operator would benefit from movement of traffic or consumption of bandwidth or call traffic volumes.</div>
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<div>They would have had to be forced. If anyone has a copy of the legal instrument (I suspect it was an Administrative Decree), I would be happy to read the same. I am crossing my fingers that it is in English.</div>
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<div>Sala<br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 4:27 PM, McTim <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dogwallah@gmail.com">dogwallah@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Brett,<br><br>Do you know for a fact that these companies "helped"? I suspect "We<br>really won't know the full extent" of the complicity for a long time<br>
(if ever.<br><br>If you have documented evidence that FT and Voda willingly shut<br>themselves down, then I'd be happy to sign. If no evidence, then it<br>smacks of knee-jerk anti-corporatism.<br><font color="#888888">--<br>
Cheers,<br><br>McTim<br>"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A<br>route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel<br></font>
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<div class="h5"><br><br>On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 11:58 PM, Michael Gurstein <<a href="mailto:gurstein@gmail.com">gurstein@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>><br>> ---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------<br>
> Subject: Egypt, let your people go online!<br>> From: "Brett Solomon" <<a href="mailto:brett@accessnow.org">brett@accessnow.org</a>><br>> Date: Sat, January 29, 2011 6:53 pm<br>> To:<br>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>><br>> Dear friends and colleagues,<br>><br>> Please find the link to the updated campaign we sent out last night calling<br>> on *Mr Mubarak to tear down the firewall* - It would be great if you could<br>
> tweet this and sign the link below:<br>><br>> *Egypt, let your people go online! Sign new<br>> @accessnow<<a href="http://twitter.com/accessnow" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/accessnow</a>>petition calling on ISPs and telecos<br>
> to reconnect #Egypt <<a href="http://twitter.com/search?q=%23Egypt" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/search?q=%23Egypt</a>><br>> #Jan25<<a href="http://twitter.com/search?q=%23Jan25" target="_blank">http://twitter.com/search?q=%23Jan25</a>>:<br>
> <a href="http://bit.ly/fqDmCZ*" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/fqDmCZ*</a><br>><br>> Full text of the campaign below.<br>><br>> ----<br>><br>> With the help of European companies like Vodafone and Orange/France Telecom<br>
> the Egyptian government shut down the internet and cut the phone lines.<br>> Despite news that the mobile phones are back up in some places, Egyptians<br>> demonstrating in the streets for a peaceful end to decades of tyranny are<br>
> facing an attempted blackout.<br>><br>> By succumbing to the regime's pressure, Vodafone and Orange/France Telecom<br>> betrayed their own operating principles and taken away one of the most<br>> important tools the people can use to challenge the iron fist of the<br>
> Egyptian regime. Egyptian and internationally funded ISPs bear the same<br>> responsibility. Join us in calling them out on their complicity in human<br>> rights abuse and demanding that they immediately restore service to Egypt.<br>
><br>> <<a href="https://www.accessnow.org/breaktheblackout" target="_blank">https://www.accessnow.org/breaktheblackout</a>><br>> <a href="https://www.accessnow.org/GetEgyptBackOnline" target="_blank">https://www.accessnow.org/GetEgyptBackOnline</a><br>
><br>> With most of the country without any access to the internet, mobile phones,<br>> or SMS, it's very difficult to know what kind of human rights abuses the<br>> Egyptian government may be committing. The Egyptian police are shooting at<br>
> unarmed protestors and journalists, setting cars on fire, and spraying<br>> protestors with water cannons and tear gas. We really won't know the full<br>> extent of the violence until the internet and mobile networks are restored.<br>
> Please sign this petition, which we will deliver to Vodafone, Orange/France<br>> Telecom and the ISPs, urging them to reopen or maintain the channels of<br>> communication:<br>><br>> <<a href="https://www.accessnow.org/breaktheblackout" target="_blank">https://www.accessnow.org/breaktheblackout</a>><br>
> <a href="https://www.accessnow.org/GetEgyptBackOnline" target="_blank">https://www.accessnow.org/GetEgyptBackOnline</a><br>><br>> --<br>> Brett Solomon<br>> Executive Director<br>> Access<br>> <a href="http://www.accessnow.org/" target="_blank">www.accessnow.org</a><br>
><br>> <<a href="http://www.europarl.europa.eu/parliament/public/staticDisplay.do?language=e" target="_blank">http://www.europarl.europa.eu/parliament/public/staticDisplay.do?language=e</a><br>> n&id=42><br>
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