Sunday February 12, 2012

I've Been Thinking:

Iran's Mehr News Agency, a mouthpiece of the government even though it is often referred to as semi-official, announced on Saturday that 30 million Iranians are without internet.

They said the downage hit on Thursday.

The report said that the telephone communication ministry which is responsible for the internet - had nothing to do with the failure. I believe them.

Iran has been known to down sites and stop usage of foreign web access like facebook. But they admit doing it. It last happened during the elections when the government wanted to limit the ability of the opposition parties and Iranian youth to organize and communicate. The best way for them to accomplish their goals was to shut down the internet.

This could be a worm, or a virus, or an outside source. Whatever it is - it is taking a long time to isolate and fix. Imagine four days without internet.

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