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Egypt's Net Ruled By Phone, Not Kill Switch

Posted by timothy on from the so-when-you-shatter-some-of-the-tubes dept.

schliz writes "Judging by the time it took for Egypt to go offline and back online, the Internet Society speculates that the country's connectivity is controlled by a 'series of phone calls', rather than a 'kill switch'. The Government-imposed internet blackout lasted five days, beginning last Friday, and ending on Wednesday."

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  1. 'Series of Phone Calls' instead of 'Kill Switch'?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

    WTF is the damn difference? What BS is this statement trying to make? Am I supposed to feel better about the pending 'Kill Switch'?