Breaking: Internet back online in Egypt
We don't have a lot of details yet, but we're starting to see reports that the Internet coverage (along with wireless phone service) has returned to Egypt.
One report says the military has taken to the streets asking residents to return home, and the restoration of Internet coverage was provided to help smooth that process. Stay tuned.
I did a relatively unscientific test and attempted to go to http://www.suezcanal.gov.eg/, the Web site for the Suez Canal Authority. A few days ago, this site was unreachable. Today, it's live and feeding pages, as you can see at the top of this article.
Stay tuned. We don't expect the unrest to be over, and we're not sure what this means for the future of the Mubarak administration (or the people of Egypt), but at least the Internet is back.
Previous coverage:
- Angry students, social media: The perfect storm for revolution
- #Egypt Blocked in China: Is Internet Access A Human Right?
- Google, Twitter, SayNow team to enable voicemail tweets to, from Egypt
- Without broadband, the Internet in Egypt
- Egypt's crisis: where social media threatens global outsourcing
- How long Egypt's Mubarak has been in power, described in computer history terms
- How the Internet went out in Egypt