How Egypt Switched Off The Internet

Re:How Egypt Switched Off The Internet by stcredzero on Friday January 28, 2011 @01:57PM (#2153022)

Someone should set up pirate DNS and pirate backbones using sat coms and packet radio to link Egypt with the outside world.

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Re:How Egypt Switched Off The Internet by Swannie on Friday January 28, 2011 @02:47PM (#2153239)

I'm sure they are. And regular old phones are apparently working (who'd have thought it!!!) so modem to modem, bbs style, is an option to bridge wifi/packet gaps.

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Re:How Egypt Switched Off The Internet by stcredzero on Friday January 28, 2011 @06:58PM (#2154025)

Fidonet FTW!

Some of those radical activists with ocean-going ships should get themselves some kit to handle this eventuality. You could fit a lot of comm gear and some capable uplinks onboard. It would be a lot more useful than throwing debris at Japanese whalers.

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