Egypt shut down their internet

[xKnownShadowX]

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/The-day-p ... 5.html?x=0

Crazy how they cut their internet from everything.Let's discuss shall we?

[AppleBonker]

Discuss what?

[Jesda]

They killed SMS too. Its a bit worrisome to see an entire country cut off from communication. Watching to see how it affects US markets.

[AppleBonker]

One of the guys I went to high school with murdered a college student with a bike lock. When his family posted bail he fled presumably to Egypt/Libya or something. And that's all I have to say about that.

[RCA]

Egypt

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThvBJMzmSZI[/youtube]

[f1seb]

Will be interesting to see if this gathers momentum or will the current regime beat back their own people and put them back into their slavery. As much as I hope to see this "revolution" succeeding I have full confidence that the current government will be able to exercise their will over the people once again.

[Jesda]

Consider the economic impact and all the things affected:
Banking
Trade
Shipping
Tourism
Electronic Commerce
The telecom industry itself
Energy
Oil is up:
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-201 ... 14685.html



They really hate Mubarak if they're willing to suffer financially for it.
http://www.lebanonwire.com/0805/05082902AFP.asp

[Dattebayo]

I heard it's 'cause they're gonna build another pyramid.

[Chaotic_Warlord]

I work with a guy from Egypt, he's supposed to be going there for 3 weeks in May to visit family. It'll be interesting to see if he shows up for work on Monday, then again it'll be interesting if he decides to take emergency leave because of this.

If their government crumbles doesn't this leave them open to their enemies for conquest? I can see this turning out badly for everyone.

[Rev_D21]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp_TxpDAQOw[/youtube]

[S133P3R]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iGHgjOHyN8[/youtube]

[Rev_D21]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9WGukqaJr8[/youtube]

[MinisterofDOOM]

When I take over the world, I'm going to install a giant glowing red light with a flip-up safety cover on my desk. It will be labelled in large, bold, clear block letters: "Internet Kill Switch." When the world refuses to heed my commands, I will appear live on TV and push the button. We will see how long it takes before the world population gives in. I estimate 3 minutes.

[Chaotic_Warlord]

When I take over the world, I'm going to install a giant glowing red light with a flip-up safety cover on my desk. It will be labelled in large, bold, clear block letters: "Internet Kill Switch." When the world refuses to heed my commands, I will appear live on TV and push the button. We will see how long it takes before the world population gives in. I estimate 3 minutes.

LOL'z.

How does one accomplish shutting down the Internet and SMS? Wouldn't this shut down television and radio too since no one uses RF and radio signals anymore except for government and military communications through walkie talkies? I understand that in Egypt and most other countries the interwebz and phone signals are controlled to a point by the government, but it's not like you can just hit a switch, there are enough WiFi and 3G/4G systems out there that use satellites and open air signals that you can still get onto the internet or send a text message. How else are these youtube videos of the situation over there being posted.

I'm sure Al Jazeera and the insurgents are having a field day with this since Egypt is the most westernized country in the middle east next to maybe Dubai or isreal.

[Bubba1]

Consider the economic impact and all the things affected:
Banking
Trade
Shipping
Tourism
Electronic Commerce
The telecom industry itself
Energy
Oil is up:
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-201 ... 14685.html



They really hate Mubarak if they're willing to suffer financially for it.
http://www.lebanonwire.com/0805/05082902AFP.asp

You left off probably the biggest internet factor of them all.. free p0rn.

interview with Mubarak last evening....

http://www.hulu.com/watch/211074/saturd ... ni-mubarak

[Urabus GodofTraction]

How does one accomplish shutting down the Internet and SMS? Wouldn't this shut down television and radio too since no one uses RF and radio signals anymore except for government and military communications through walkie talkies? I understand that in Egypt and most other countries the interwebz and phone signals are controlled to a point by the government, but it's not like you can just hit a switch, there are enough WiFi and 3G/4G systems out there that use satellites and open air signals that you can still get onto the internet or send a text message. How else are these youtube videos of the situation over there being posted.

I'm sure Al Jazeera and the insurgents are having a field day with this since Egypt is the most westernized country in the middle east next to maybe Dubai or isreal.

No Wifi system uses satellites, unless you REALLY stretch the definition of wifi. 3G/4G uses towers too, and where there's towers, there is a network that can be powered down.

[USMCgetsome]

i like that video RCA put up. That guy at the end saying we will be heard and have our god d--n rights. That was utterly how i feel about that situation. F u government u will hear these people and change will happen. wow

[Razi]

lolz

[PapaSmurf2k3]

i like that video RCA put up. That guy at the end saying we will be heard and have our god d--n rights. That was utterly how i feel about that situation. F u government u will hear these people and change will happen. wow

Yeah its sad. I went to Egypt in 2007, and have been to a lot of the places in that video. Egypt has a pretty decent military, but I do hope the people win this one.

[Chaotic_Warlord]

i like that video RCA put up. That guy at the end saying we will be heard and have our god d--n rights. That was utterly how i feel about that situation. F u government u will hear these people and change will happen. wow

Yeah its sad. I went to Egypt in 2007, and have been to a lot of the places in that video. Egypt has a pretty decent military, but I do hope the people win this one.

They are one the best equipped and best trained military forces in the whole region, out shined only by the Israeli's and Saudi Arabia. More than 1/2 of it's vehicles and equipment is from the U.S. the other large distributor of it's arms is from the Soviet Union. They are currently under a massive Modernization program and are rapidly replacing a lot of there PRC and USSR supplied equipment with current generation US, British, French and some Russian equipment. They are one of the few countries in the world to have a license to manufacture their own M1 Abrams and have one of the largest inventories of F16's and C130's in the world.

If this goes south and the government is replaced by something far worse than what is there now and Egypt goes from being an ally to an enemy our forces would be in for a much harder fight than anything we've dealt with since WWII.

[Dattebayo]

The US is trying to do similar things right now as well... well, more like China, anyway.

[Pento240sx]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9WGukqaJr8[/youtube]

f*** YEA!!! KING DIAMOND!!!

[RCA]

[KGB]

This is all bad. Last night I seen a clip at friends house where a guy asks the american people to ask its government to help. I wish our government would help because our weapons are used by them. Their military isnt one to take lighly. At the same times their military is a loved military and it loves Egypt (I saw this on CNNs website where soldiers were as sympathetic to its citizens as you can get while doing your job, one man even kissed a soldier as he was helping that man up). Egyptian military also told people to stay inside, not to loot, and not to be violent for the sake of Egypt. Upon reading this I came to the conclusion that the military is Pro Egypt and not Pro Mubarak (???). My fear is that the President will be forcefully taken down as the government has been fired and new bodies replaced and that a new evil entity will rise and open up dark chapter in human history. What I would like to see is this end quickly and peacefully because the longer this goes on the worse it is for not only Obama his already s*** image, but America and her people.

[Bmore-coupe]

[DamonDread]

Thats awesome.

[S133P3R]

on a tangent:
Didnt Bush did the same thing when the US citizens protested after that retarded election in 2000?
.....
oh wait, thats right! we just shut up and took it - no lube.

[Cold_Zero]

Zdnet is saying that the internet in Egypt is back up.

[RCA]

on a tangent:
Didnt Bush did the same thing when the US citizens protested after that retarded election in 2000?
.....
oh wait, thats right! we just shut up and took it - no lube.

In 2000 the internet wasn't what it is today. People without p0rn and facebook would FLIP SH*T.

[S133P3R]

In 2000 the internet wasn't what it is today. People without p0rn and facebook would FLIP SH*T.

what year did gore invent ye olde internet anyways? lol. sorry, had the getting bored at work jitters up there.
Id still love to see protests like this in the US.