Not exactly deals this time, but due to the frequent questions, I’ll list sources that appear to be continuously updating the state of international connectivity of Egyptian Internet providers.
- Renesys blog: Blog entry at Renesys that is being continuously updated. The link goes directly to the latest update. They discuss mainly the 4 major providers – Telecom Egypt (AS8452), Link Egypt (AS24863), Etisalat Misr (AS32992) and Internet Egypt (AS5536).
- Huffington Post: Another set of updates (scroll down the article). Less technically oriented, with field reports from locals and journalists.
- ISOC Newsletter: General information on background of the situation. Short paragraph with current updates on the top of the page.
- BGPMon Analysis: Independent BGP monitoring body provides a good summary of the events. You will find there complete overview of the 7 major ASes in Egypt plus a list of the remaining reachable routes. Might be too technical for general public.
- RIPE Stats: Graphs of announced and withdrawn routes of Egyptian prefixes from January 27th onwards. Measured over 3089 BGP prefixes. Concentrating on the original withdraw of routes on January 27th.
- ICANN blogpost: ICANN blogpost on the related DNS issue. Since ccTLD DNS servers are located in Egypt, they cannot be reached due to the nonexistent routes.
- CNET Updates 1: Report with updates till Friday 2:45pm PT.
- CNET Updates 2: Additional report with updates from Friday 2:45pm PT onwards.
- DomainCensorship: One of the first sites that brought the news. Updates from 27th and 28th of February.
- Michael Froomkin Blog: A short summary with a useful update: Use twitter hash tags #jan25 and #jan28 to follow user reports.
- Internet in Egypt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Egypt's Internet penetration rate grew from less than one percent in 2000, to 5% in More than 200 Internet and data service providers operate in Egypt, making its ..... “Weekly Update #192", Arabic Network for Human Rights Information. (en.wikipedia.org)
- Daniel Nisman: Who Cut Egypt's Internet? - Huffington Post
- Mar 28, 2013 GET UPDATES FROM Daniel Nisman On March 28, the Egyptian military stunned the tech world when it announced that it had of an Internet blackout -- consequently those who have restricted access to their own citizens. (www.huffingtonpost.com)
- Egypt restores Internet access - Technology on NBCNews.com
- The Internet was "turned back on" Wednesday in Egypt after being shut down by the government for five days in the wake of national turmoil a... (www.nbcnews.com)
- Internet Access in Egypt at Frommer's
- Without Your Own Computer. Internet access in most of Egypt is cheap and easy, with even the smallest and most out-of-the-way villages sporting at least. (www.frommers.com)
- How Was Egypt's Internet Access Shut Off?: Scientific American
- Jan 28, 2011 Does this shutdown of Internet access into and out of Egypt resemble .... be freely left to any competitors who would like to upgrade and/or offer. (www.scientificamerican.com)
- Egypt Leaves the Internet - Renesys Blog
- Jan 27, 2011 We will continue to dig into the event, and will update this story as we How did the Egyptian government shut down access to the Internet and. (www.renesys.com)
- Egyptian Internet Services, Inc. Home Page
- Egyptian provides local telephone service, long distance and internet services ( ISP) which include all Please upgrade your browser to the most recent version. (www.egyptian.net)
- Egypt gets its Internet back | Deep Tech - CNET News
- Feb 2, 2011 Ad: Manage updates with the Download App "Egyptian Internet providers returned to the Internet at 09:29:31 UTC (11:29 a.m. Cairo time),". (news.cnet.com)
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