MSNBC - Egypt government cutting off all cell phones- last ISP down too

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per MSNBC. (i just happened to turn it on forgetting there was no more Countdown.. doh..)

Is just past 3am in Egypt now.

Here's a couple related links:

Egypt's last ISP goes down
http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/01/31/egypts_last_isp_goes_down


Egypt shutting off cell networks again
http://worldblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/01/31/5962180-egypt-shutting-off-cell-networks-again

*edited title to - MSNBC - since O'Donnell's show is bout over

[C_U_L8R]

1. Mubarak is in hole

and refuses to stop digging.

This isn't gonna help.

[customerserviceguy]

2. It depends on if it works or not

Recent history is replete with stories of rebellions that failed. Mubarak has been in power longer than the Shah was, and he certainly has had a few decades of 20-20 hindsight to see where the Pahlevi family went wrong.

[bobbolink]

3. Oh, I dunno.... cutting out facebook worked out well for him.

:rofl:

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5. I know NBC has some reporters over there w/access to satellite but still

cutting off all forms of modern communication that the Egyptian people have is pretty bad. What if something goes really wrong tomorrow - there will be no way for people to know what is happening for the most part. Scary shit when you realize just how much power crazy governments and mega-corporations have. :scared:

[Catherina]

4. Smart move Husni! You just guaranteed massive turnout tomorrow.

No phone, no internet, everyone will be out in the streets.

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6. self-delete

*posted reply in wrong thread - my bad*

[Catherina]

7. People very concerned. Don't trust Army officers (#Mubarak loyalists)

NicRobertsonCNN

We're seeing more army movement on streets now, more APCs, ppl very concerned about what army will do 2moro.

#egypt #mubarak #jan25
18 minutes ago via web

People on Alexandria's streets worried about what position Army may take tomorrow #egypt #jan25 #mubarak
about 1 hour ago via web

Expect Alexandria's Million Man March Tuesday b made more difficult by Govt shutting down mob phones/internet/railway #egypt #jan25 #mubarak
about 1 hour ago via web

Info Min warns ALL phone and internet services will shut down Tuesday in apparent effort to stifle #Million Man March #egypt #mubarak
about 3 hours ago via web


Protesters in #Alexandria tell us they trust Army SOLDIERS but fear the OFFICERS are #Mubarak loyalists. #egypt #jan25
about 10 hours ago via web


http://twitter.com/NicRobertsonCNN

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8. This is my concern too

a media/communications blackout means any potential violence by the military wouldn't be covered until it was far too late. A scare tactic at the least - possibly something much worse. And at the very LEAST our government (since they are so spineless and won't side with the people) should demand that cell and internet service be restored to Egypt for the safety of the people. I really hope things go well there tomorrow/today - but the potential for problems and chaos is huge at this point. Cutting off the phones and killing the internet should alarm everyone around the world who care about the rights of human beings vs the rich and powerful.

[Broderick]

11. Weren't there reports of walls around the square being built?

I have a very bad feeling about this instinctively.

[Catherina]

14. Me too. Never trust the high command. The mood is turning ugly

TachyglossusS RT @NicRobertsonCNN:

Mood on #Alexandria streets more determined than ever, now calling for #Mubarak execution not just his ouster

#egypt #jan25 half a minute ago via web

I keep seeing Mussolini hung upside down

[Catherina]

15. Picture taken from meeting yesterday. Mubarak and Chief of Staff

An image grab taken from Egyptian state television shows Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (left) speaking with his new Vice President Omar Suleiman (center) and Chief of Staff Sami Anan during a visit to the military operations center in Cairo on Sunday.

[justiceischeap]

9. Google launches Twitter workaround for Egypt

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/01/oukin-uk-egypt-protest-google-idUKTRE7100CM20110201

Google Inc launched a special service to allow people in Egypt to send Twitter messages by dialling a phone number and leaving a voicemail, as Internet access continues to be cut off in the country amid anti-government protests.

"Like many people we've been glued to the news unfolding in Egypt and thinking of what we could do to help people on the ground," read a post on Google's official corporate blog on Monday.

The service, which Google said was developed with engineers from Twitter, allows people to dial a telephone number and leave a voicemail. The voicemail is automatically translated into a message that is sent on Twitter using the identifying tag #egypt, Google said.

[Catherina]

10. Commendable but one small problem, I listened to some of the calls

they're in Arabic duh.

I hope google has enough translators lined up. The twitter feed is http://twitter.com/speak2tweet

[Modern_Matthew]

12. Blocking communications should be considered a crime against humanity. n/t

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19. +1

n/t

[Catherina]

13. They arrested a google exec. No one has heard from him since Friday

thirstypete RT @chrisalbon: Screenshot of missing Google Exec in #Egypt getting arrested: http://bit.ly/fsyYOy Video: http://bit.ly/fY4mhG #jan25
half a minute ago via ÜberTwitter

This is one of his google pictures




Video here, minute 1:04 http://vimeo.com/19255226

Allah keep you safe Wael

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17. I really hope things don't turn ugly in Egypt later today

this whole situation with kidnappings, media blackouts, killing the cell phones AND the internet - I mean that has the potential to be a bloodbath leaving people no way to warn others. I wish Obama would AT LEAST say they need to turn cell phones and the internet back on. Show SOME support for the safety of the Egyptian people I mean come on! Or have Hillary do it - but the US needs to stop being silent on this! Man I really hope this doesn't take a turn for the horrific. :( I mean Egypt has GOT to know the world is watching right? Not that that stopped shit like what went down in Burma or Rwanda in the past. :scared:

http://www.genocideintervention.net/educate/crisis/burma

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_Genocide

[Faryn Balyncd]

16. This is what Lieberman wants for the U.S.A.

[lookingforward]

18. "The Net treats censorship as a defect and routes around it"

though it is still a quaint, yet favorite tool of politicos, especially dictators.