Sudan disconnected from the Internet

Thu Sep 26 17:57:29 UTC 2013

We learned last week that iPhone updates cripple no network as they are regional and magical, simultaneously. ;)

Sent from my Mobile Device.

-------- Original message --------
From: Chuck Church <chuckchurch at gmail.com>
Date: 09/26/2013 10:44 AM (GMT-08:00)
To: nanog at nanog.org
Subject: RE: Sudan disconnected from the Internet

Or the country as a whole had WAY too many iPhones in need of a 7.0 upgrade.

Chuck

-----Original Message-----
From: Keith Medcalf [mailto:kmedcalf at dessus.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2013 7:23 AM
To: nanog at nanog.org
Subject: RE: Sudan disconnected from the Internet

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.
> >
>