[menog] Fwd: Connectivity status for Egypt

[Marshall Eubanks]

On Feb 2, 2011, at 1:44 PM, Kais Al-Essa wrote:

> Dears,
> 
> Can anyone confirm that the Internet is getting back to Egypt but slowly?!
> Thanks ..
> 

Yes. BGP and DNS are both back, and I have heard reports from in-country that confirm useful access.
See

http://www.renesys.com/blog/2011/02/egypt-returns-to-the-internet.shtml

Regards
Marshall


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> إن هذا البريد الإلكتروني المرسل من قبل صحارى نت يحتوي على محتويات سرية مرسلة إلى جهة/ متلقٍ مقصود. إذا لم تكن أنت المتلقي المقصود، فإن هذا البريد الإلكتروني قد               وصلك عن طريق الخطأ، لذا فإنه يمنع منعا باتا أي استخدام أو إعادة إرسال أو نشر أو طباعة أونسخ كل أو جزء من هذا البريد الإلكتروني بأي شكل من الأشكال. وفي حالة تلقيكم هذا البريد الإلكتروني عن طريق الخطأ، فإننا نرجو التكرم بالرد على المرسل وإخطاره بهذا الخطأ، ومن ثم الإسراع بحذف هذا البريد الإلكتروني من الأجهزة والأنظمة الخاصة بكم. وعلى الرغم من أن هذا البريد الإلكتروني تم فحصه وتمحيصه بحثا عن الفيروسات، إلا أن صحارى نت لا تتحمل أي مسؤولية عن أية فيروسات قد تصيب أجهزتكم وأنظمتكم، بل إن التأكد من حماية أجهزتكم وأنظمتكم هو محض مسؤوليتكم.	
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> On 1/29/2011 11:08 PM, Ahmad AL halabi wrote:
>> 
>> dear Kais,
>> we all hope best luck to Egypt and Egyptians, god saves us.
>> best regard 
>> Ahmad AL Halabi
>> IT Manager
>> 
>> DHL Express-Syria
>> P.O.Box: 13293
>> Damascus, Syria.
>> Phone:   +963 11 9 28 9 Ext. 120
>> Mobile:  +963    992 39 30 77 
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>> ahmad.halabi at dhl.com
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>> 
>> Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 10:53:54 +0300
>> From: operations at sahara.com.sa
>> To: menog at menog.net
>> Subject: Re: [menog] Fwd: Connectivity status for Egypt
>> 
>> Dears,
>> 
>> As per what I know from friends:
>> 
>> 1. All Internet is down. Apparently one network is still working but seems to be serving the stock exchange only and few others.
>> 2. SMS is down.
>> 3. Landlines are down (at least internationally).
>> 4. Mobile networks seem to be on and off depending on location. For example, Vodafone is apparently working in Cairo while other networks are not !!
>> 
>> God help them and bring Egypt and Egyptians out of this harmless inshallah.
>> Regards..
>> 
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>> إن هذا البريد الإلكتروني المرسل من قبل صحارى نت يحتوي على محتويات سرية مرسلة إلى جهة/ متلقٍ مقصود. إذا لم تكن أنت المتلقي المقصود، فإن هذا البريد الإلكتروني قد وصلك عن طريق الخطأ، لذا فإنه يمنع منعا باتا أي استخدام أو إعادة إرسال أو نشر أو طباعة أونسخ كل أو جزء من هذا البريد الإلكتروني بأي شكل من الأشكال. وفي حالة تلقيكم هذا البريد الإلكتروني عن طريق الخطأ، فإننا نرجو التكرم بالرد على المرسل وإخطاره بهذا الخطأ، ومن ثم الإسراع بحذف هذا                 البريد الإلكتروني من الأجهزة والأنظمة الخاصة بكم. وعلى الرغم من أن هذا البريد الإلكتروني تم فحصه وتمحيصه بحثا عن الفيروسات، إلا أن صحارى نت لا تتحمل أي مسؤولية عن أية فيروسات قد تصيب أجهزتكم وأنظمتكم، بل إن التأكد من حماية أجهزتكم وأنظمتكم هو محض مسؤوليتكم.	
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>> 
>> On 1/28/2011 4:07 AM, Richard Barnes wrote:
>> Hey all,
>> Some NANOG participants are seeing hearing reports of disrupted
>> communications in Egypt.  Are any of you seeing the same thing?
>> --Richard
>> 
>> 
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Danny O'Brien <danny at spesh.com>
>> Date: Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 6:47 PM
>> Subject: Connectivity status for Egypt
>> To: NANOG Operators' Group <nanog at nanog.org>
>> 
>> 
>> Around 2236 UCT, we lost all Internet connectivity with our contacts in
>> Egypt, and I'm hearing reports of (in declining order of confirmability):
>> 
>> 1) Internet connectivity loss on major (broadband) ISPs
>> 2) No SMS
>> 4) Intermittent connectivity with smaller (dialup?) ISPs
>> 5) No mobile service in major cities -- Cairo, Alexandria
>> 
>> The working assumption here is that the Egyptian government has made the
>> decision to shut down all external, and perhaps internal electronic
>> communication as a reaction to the ongoing protests in that country.
>> 
>> If anyone can provide more details as to what they're seeing, the extent,
>> plus times and dates, it would be very useful. In moments like this there
>> are often many unconfirmed rumors: I'm seeking concrete reliable
>> confirmation which I can pass onto the press and those working to bring some
>> communications back up (if you have a ham radio license, there is some very
>> early work to provide emergency connectivity. Info at:
>> http://pastebin.com/fHHBqZ7Q )
>> 
>> Thank you,
>> 
>> --
>> dobrien at cpj.org
>> Danny O'Brien, Committee to Protect Journalists
>> gpg key: http://www.spesh.com/danny/crypto/dannyobrien-key20091106.txt
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