Sudan disconnected from the Internet

Thu Sep 26 11:23:23 UTC 2013

Of course it is entirely possible that it was the rioters simply because they wanted people to notice.  And I guess it worked.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Warren Bailey [mailto:wbailey at satelliteintelligencegroup.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, 25 September, 2013 18:43
> To: Tammy Firefly
> Cc: nanog at nanog.org
> Subject: Re: Sudan disconnected from the Internet
> 
> We make Ku-band backpacks for this type of scenario. I would give it 12-
> 18
> hours before you see CNN light up with live feeds.. I didn't even KNOW
> this was happening prior to them doing this. Seems like cutting off
> access
> would alert a lot more folks than some people wrecking Sudan over fuel
> subsidies??
> 
> Doesn't look like it's been picked up by CNN substantially yet, but I
> imagine we'll get "breaking news" soon enough. Would be interesting to
> see
> if it was a forced drop or did they actually just take a pair of
> scissors
> and murder the internets?
> 
> On 9/25/13 5:40 PM, "Tammy Firefly" <tammy-lists at wiztech.biz> wrote:
> 
> >On 9/25/13 18:38:09, Warren Bailey wrote:
> >>
> >>http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/sudan-security-clashes-
> subs
> >>id
> >> y-protesters-20360418
> >>
> >> On 9/25/13 5:34 PM, "Tammy Firefly" <tammy-lists at wiztech.biz> wrote:
> >>
> >>> On 9/25/13 18:29:58, Jeff Kell wrote:
> >>>> On 9/25/2013 8:25 PM, Tammy Firefly wrote:
> >>>>> with the old fashioned pair of diagonal cutters applied to fiber?
> >>>>
> >>>> Yes, interesting to know if it was cut fiber, pressure on the
> inside
> >>>> providers (or their feeds), or pressure on the outside providers.
> >>>>
> >>>> Traceroutes lend any clue?
> >>>>
> >>>> Jeff
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> If the government did it, I guarantee it was cut fiber.  That makes
> it
> >>> difficult to quickly restore.  One has to wonder whats going on
> there
> >>> right now that they dont want the world to know about?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >
> >Then its quite likely the government cut the fiber to cover that up :)
> >wouldnt surprise me if they cut it in multiple places as well.
> >
> 