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In reply to the discussion: STOCK MARKET WATCH -- Thursday, 29 November 2012 [View all]DemReadingDU
(16,000 posts)23. Syria shuts down their Internet
11/29/12 Nationwide Internet blackout in Syria
Two US-based Internet-monitoring companies say Syria has shut off the Internet nationwide.
Activists in Syria reached Thursday by satellite telephone confirmed the unprecedented blackout, which comes amid intense fighting in the capital, Damascus.
Renesys, a U.S.-based network security firm that studies Internet disruptions, says Syria effectively disappeared from the Internet at 12:26 p.m. local time.
Akamai Technologies Inc., another U.S-based company that distributes content on the Internet, also confirmed a complete outage for Syria.
Syria has partially cut Internet connections during the 20-month uprising against President Bashar Assad but a nationwide shutdown is unprecedented.
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-11-29/syria-rebels-kill-ruling-party-official-with-bomb
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