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Afghan Government Turns To Iran For Internet

Posted by Soulskill on from the access-of-evil dept.

Barlaam writes "Renesys describes new evidence that the Iranian national telecommunications provider, DCI, is selling (uncensored?) Internet connectivity to customers in neighboring Iraq and Afghanistan. 'The Internet connectivity outreach that we now see in the global routing tables seems like continuing evidence of Iran's long-term strategy: aggressively pursuing bilateral infrastructure and investment projects with its neighbors, in ways that will increase Iran's regional influence after the Americans have moved on.'"

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  1. Or maybe they are just doing business? by John+Hasler · · Score: 3, Informative

    Look at the map. When you are a landlocked country you get your connectivity from your neighbors. I suppose they could run cable all the way over to western Afghanistan from Pakistan. Would you want to sole-source all your connectivity from Pakistan? The other choices aren't worth mentioning.

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  2. Re:Shaw? by NevarMore · · Score: 2, Informative

    "Mort au Shah, et vive les souris"

    Death to Shah, and long live the mice

    Shah sounds a lot like "chats" which means cats. So theres the joke for non-French speakers.