Chronik: Das Ende des Internets

Kairo, Donnerstag, 27. Januar 2011, 22.12 Uhr -
Ägypten macht das Internet dicht.
Das Wall Street Journal bemerkt dazu:
»Starting at 10:12 p.m. local time on Thursday night, Telecom Egypt went dark, followed by the four remaining main carriers over the next 13 minutes, said Jim Cowie, chief technology officer of Renesys Corp., a network security firm in Manchester, N.H. By 10:25 p.m., the country no longer existed on the Internet, he said«

Journalyse-Quelle: Wall Street Journal, 29.1.2011: Egypt Shuts Down Internet, Cellphone Services