On Feb 12, 2011, at 6:20 PM, Jim Cowie wrote: > On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 6:05 PM, mikea <mi...@mikea.ath.cx> wrote: >> On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 05:01:12PM -0500, Joly MacFie wrote: >>> Any confirmation of internet blocking? >>> >>> http://bikyamasr.com/wordpress/?p=26849 >>> >>> As massive street demonstrations are met with widespread violence in >>> Algeria, the country is reporting that many Facebook accounts have been >>> deleted or blocked by the government, in an effort to stifle protests >>> against President Abdelaziz Boutifleka, activists on Twitter reported around >>> midday in the country. >>> They also said that the government is working fast to cut off all Internet >>> providers in the country. >> >> At least some websites, though not all of them, that are linked off >> <http://www.erepublic.org/egovincountriesa/algeria.html> >> seem to be working OK. I grant they're all government, but they're up >> and serving requests. >> > > Looks up to us, with the exception of a few websites. Routes stable, > inbound traceroutes unremarkable, lots and lots of DZ-hosted content > available. > > http://www.renesys.com/blog/2011/02/watching-algeria.shtml >
I have received several reports of Twitter and Facebook outages in Algeria, but not general Internet blockage. The Telegraph has this report <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/algeria/8320772/Algeria-shuts-down-internet-and-Facebook-as-protest-mounts.html> or http://bit.ly/f97OmX which talks vaguely of Internet outages. On the other side of both the coin and the world, there is this http://knightcenter.utexas.edu/blog/bloggers-celebrate-cuba-unblocks-their-sites "Bloggers celebrate as Cuba unblocks their site" Maybe this is connected to the new fiber optic cable to Venezuela, it seems to have caught everyone by surprise. Regards Marshall > best, --jim > >