Egypt gets its Internet back

[Turborama]

Source: CNET News



Egyptian authorities have restored Internet service to the country after anti-government protests last week led to a five-day Net blackout.

"Egyptian Internet providers returned to the Internet at 09:29:31 UTC (11:29 a.m. Cairo time)," said a blog post by Net monitoring firm Renesys today.

Indeed, a variety of Egyptian Web sites, including the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, the Central Bank of Egypt, and the Egyptian Sock Exchange are available. And Twitter activity relating to Egypt is surging.

"The Internet is back in Egypt! FINALLY!" tweeted Cairo-based human rights activist Dalia Ziada today. "I have more than 500 e-mails in my inbox! Oh my God!" she added.


Read more: http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20030335-264.html

[xchrom]

1. Awesome. nt

[Demeter]

2. And Governments Will Be Well-Advised Not To Try Such a Stupid Trick in the Future

Bead and circuses, Hosni, bread and circuses.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

3. "protests disperse as millions return to LOLcats, Farmville"

j/k

A little levity in the middle of prolonged, nerve-wracking situations never hurts.

[Blue_Tires]

4. I wonder if there is a connection between web service returning

And the Mubarak goon squad that showed up not long after...

[rollin74]

7. somehow I doubt that it was a coincidence

[Leithan]

5. Righteous!

:thumbsup:

[Uncle Joe]

6. Good, they should never have shut it down in the first place.

Thanks for the thread, Turborama.