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Re: NYTimes: Egypt Leaders Found ‘Off’ Switch for Internet
From: Michael Dillon <wavetossed () googlemail com>
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2011 19:10:43 -0800
No the BGP and the physical links were down.
What about non-Internet layer 2 links? A number of companies have private IP networks extending into Egypt providing MPLS or other VPN services. In addition, there are often longlines into the Gulf states to provide the Egyptian sites with redundancy. Were these communications also cut? One way to find out would be to talk to the networking folks at any major international consumer brand that is in Egypt. I would expect that nowadays if a Coke or a Pepsi is in a country, they will have some kind of IP VPN crossing that country's borders. --Michael Dillon http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=13566587
Current thread:
- Re: Local root zone (Was NYTimes: Egypt Leaders Found ‘Off’ Switch for Internet), (continued)
- Re: Local root zone (Was NYTimes: Egypt Leaders Found ‘Off’ Switch for Internet) Fred Baker (Feb 16)
- Re: Local root zone (Was NYTimes: Egypt Leaders Found ‘Off’ Switch for Internet) Randy Bush (Feb 16)
- Re: Local root zone (Was NYTimes: Egypt Leaders Found ‘Off’ Switch for Internet) Franck Martin (Feb 16)
- Re: Local root zone (Was NYTimes: Egypt Leaders Found ‘Off’ Switch for Internet) Joel Jaeggli (Feb 21)
- Re: Local root zone (Was NYTimes: Egypt Leaders Found ‘Off’ Switch for Internet) Randy Bush (Feb 21)
- Re: NYTimes: Egypt Leaders Found ‘Off’ Switch for Internet Richard Barnes (Feb 16)
- Re: NYTimes: Egypt Leaders Found ‘Off’ Switch for Internet Richard Barnes (Feb 16)
- Re: NYTimes: Egypt Leaders Found ‘Off’ Switch for Internet Mounir Mohamed (Feb 16)
- Re: NYTimes: Egypt Leaders Found ‘Off’ Switch for Internet Martin Millnert (Feb 16)
- Re: NYTimes: Egypt Leaders Found ‘Off’ Switch for Internet Mounir Mohamed (Feb 16)
- Re: NYTimes: Egypt Leaders Found ‘Off’ Switch for Internet Michael Dillon (Feb 16)