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Iran Slows Internet Access Before Student Protests

Posted by timothy on from the oh-y'know-the-usual dept.

RiffRafff writes "Iran is at it again, pre-emptively slowing or cutting Internet access before anticipated student protests." From the article: "Seeking to deny the protesters a chance to reassert their voice, authorities slowed Internet connections to a crawl in the capital, Tehran. For some periods on Sunday, Web access was completely shut down — a tactic that was also used before last month's demonstration. The government has not publicly acknowledged it is behind the outages, but Iran's Internet service providers say the problem is not on their end and is not a technical glitch."

6 of 289 comments (clear)

  1. Have they gotten to /.? by bucketoftruth · · Score: 3, Funny

    Clearly if I'm getting a frist psot on /. then they've gotten to us to!

  2. First post from Iran by noidentity · · Score: 3, Funny

    I would have been first but I'm posting from Iran.

  3. Re:Proxification? by Loomismeister · · Score: 4, Funny

    Um... living in the US is fantastic and we enjoy more freedom than most of the world.

  4. Do have Comcast in Iran? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    If so, that would explain everything.

  5. "bread and circuses" - encourage p2p use! by plasmacutter · · Score: 3, Funny

    They're doing it wrong.

    they should encourage p2p software use, increase the bandwidth, then everyone will stay home watching lost or house.

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  6. Re:"Not on their end and not a technical glitch" by khallow · · Score: 3, Funny

    You are aware that the US has been running terror attacks inside Iran ever since the Bush administration, right?

    No, we are not aware of this. I suspect after you enlighten us, we will find that you aren't aware of any such attacks either.