Syria pulls the plug, Internet traffic comes to a halt

Syria's tether to the digital world appears to have been severed, cutting off Internet access to and from the country entirely. In addition to an apparent Internet blackout, Syrians may also be facing isolated landline and cellular phone service disruptions according...

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Yea but where is the mbps scale, we can't assume that it reaches zerom don't let the graph fool you,

This sort of takes the wind out of the sails of he boast the internet is an instrument of social change, capable of bringing down governments.

Perhaps it is, but only if it stays plugged in.

They are NOT completely shut down...I have visited 2 separate University websites in Syria

http://ypu.edu.sy/
http://alfuratuniv.edu.sy/

Both websites ARE up and available and tracert to both using dns provides a complete route to both websites ip addresses.

I would say the university websites are NOT shut down yet.

Respectfully

They didnt' shut down... they just all switched over to Sprint. Sprint's network speed can be accurately represented by a horizontal line along the bottom of a graph. If the graph were in kbps, you'd see some little bumps.

I just ran through ALL 18 listed university sites IN SYRIA....only 5 were reachable via the web AND trace route.

I have the tracert info saved for all five to show the traces completed and via what routes they were available as well as I have all five website home pages to these universities open in IE10 right now!

Respectfully.

I stand corrected I have (8) university sites up and open in a browser and they are listed below in the order I tried them.

http://ypu.edu.sy/

http://alfuratuniv.edu.sy/

http://www.uok.edu.sy/uok_new/index.php?lang=ar

http://www.uu-sy.com/portal/

http://ina-syrie.com/new/

http://must.edu.sy/ar/index.php

http://au.edu.sy/new/

http://alfuratuniv.edu.sy/

Respectfully

Some of the main universities are down and unreachable via tracert but about half are both state ran and private. For standard web browsing these are the only websites "inside" Syria I've been able to reach via dns. One university isn't viable any longer, it's domain is up for sale so about half ARE open without using Sprint!

They shut down 90%+ or more but not all are unplugged yet

Respectfully

time for a LOL.

...before the epic battle for the liberation of syria
a. from the hands of the terrorists, according to syrian government.
b. from the hands of a brutal regime, according to the syrian rebels.

Can't they learn from Egypt? When people don't have the internet, they come out!!

Yeah right, every faction is a spin doctor.

The collateral goings on in "the new democratic Egypt", lead me to believe that there's a tiger behind all three doors in an Islamist revolution, making me abundantly indifferent to who the ultimate winner may be. Well, as long as it's not Hamas

in my country, when there is no internet and when there is a power interruption, we multiply.

Trouble is, for every grouping there are supporters as well, who provide them with 'covert' help, e.g. weapons + money + training. And to top it off, they also defend those groupings to justify killings in the name of 'freedom' and 'people'.

Don't worry, 'multiplication' has been happening ever since well who knows ........... technology or rather lack of it have nothing to do with it

Kinda feel bad for everyone in Syria. I'm sure much like any conflict, it's those who haven't helped ANY side that suffer the most. I truly hope a resolution can be made for their sakes. With the lose of the Internet the Syrian ppl suffer not only the ability to follow where the fighting is, but the ability to contact family easily outside Syria.

Indeed, and if the ads I've seen on TV begging for relief aid are any indication, lack of food, lack of water, and lack of hope, seem to, paradoxically, promote it in abundance

Those sites are hosted in US , UK , Canada , EU not in Syria.

Why do you keep signing your posts "Respectfully"? The internet isn't a place of respect.

I didnt check them all but those sites might not be inside Syria. I only checked 2 of them and they are not hosted inside Syria.

A website having a .sy domain doesnt mean they are inside syria.

ypu.edu.sy : 109.75.174.100

inetnum: 109.75.174.100 - 109.75.174.103
netname: WHUK-10422
descr: WebHosting UK Com LTD server
remarks: Please contact abuse@eukhost.com for Abuse complaints.
country: GB


You just failed on trying to be smart

I figure one of those rules we all follow or at least should...You GET what you GIVE...is a good policy to have when posting online, at least for myself...that's all.

I'm probably the worst member in the world to get in the middle of this. OTOH, I won't let a silly thing like that stop me.

A post isn't a letter. Since that's a given, it really doesn't need to adhere to a formal structure. A disrespectful post, will reveal itself in its content.

From a personal standpoint, I have no intention of excusing myself for disagreeing, or disguising a difference of opinion with platitudes.

Others of course, are free to do as they see fit.