[kictanet] In egypt-internet governance

[Barrack Otieno]

Interesting turn of events , sovereignty at play :-).

Best Regards

On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 2:07 PM, Wamuyu Gatheru <wamuyu at soko-id.co.ke> wrote:

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> The service providers were basically asked to shut down or loose their
> licenses. A couple days ago the companies argued that protests were taking
> place in even a bigger way without the internet and even phones.
> Incidentally even public transport across the country was shut down. I think
> all is back today after shameful 'Mungiki' type violence.
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> Quoting warigia bowman <warigia at gmail.com>:
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>  In el rehab, cairo at american university
>>
>> gov shut down all texting and Internet as well as al jazeera arabic from
>> Thursday until this afternoon. Food for thought
>>
>> what is the technical situation? How did government of egypt do this? Is
>> gateway controlled by gov, or did gov pull licenses?
>>
>> need answers
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>> Rigia
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>> Visiting Assistant Professor
>> American University in Cairo
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