How Did Syria Turn Off The Internet... And What Other Countries Can Just Hit The Off Switch Like That? Techdirt Lite http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121202/23121321205/how-did-syria-turn-off-internet-what-other-countries-can-just-hit-off-switch-like-that.shtml
...."If you have only 1 or 2 companies at your
international frontier, we classify your country as
being at severe risk of Internet disconnection.
Those 61 countries include places like Syria, Tunisia,
Algeria, Turkmenistan, Libya, Ethiopia, Uzbekistan,
Myanmar, and Yemen.
If you have fewer than 10 service providers at your
international frontier, your country is probably
exposed to some significant risk of Internet
disconnection"......"In this category, we place 72
countries, including Oman, Benin, Botswana,
Rwanda, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uganda, Armenia,
and Iran. Disconnection wouldn't be trivial, but it
wouldn't be all that difficult. Egypt falls into this
category as well; it took the Mubarak government
several days to hunt down and kill the last
connections, but in the end, the blackout succeeded."....
...."If you have only 1 or 2 companies at your
international frontier, we classify your country as
being at severe risk of Internet disconnection.
Those 61 countries include places like Syria, Tunisia,
Algeria, Turkmenistan, Libya, Ethiopia, Uzbekistan,
Myanmar, and Yemen.
If you have fewer than 10 service providers at your
international frontier, your country is probably
exposed to some significant risk of Internet
disconnection"......"In this category, we place 72
countries, including Oman, Benin, Botswana,
Rwanda, Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uganda, Armenia,
and Iran. Disconnection wouldn't be trivial, but it
wouldn't be all that difficult. Egypt falls into this
category as well; it took the Mubarak government
several days to hunt down and kill the last
connections, but in the end, the blackout succeeded."....
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