Full scale Internet shut down reported in Syria

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"Nov 29 (Reuters) - Syria's international Internet connections were shut off at 12:26 p.m. local time (1026 GMT) on Thursday and remained down throughout the afternoon, U.S. web tracking firm Renesys said.

'In the global routing table, all 84 of Syria's IP address blocks have become unreachable, effectively removing the country from the Internet,' Renesys said in its blog.

Syrian rebels battled forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad just outside Damascus on Thursday, forcing the closure of the main airport road and residents reported Internet connections in the capital were down.

Residents also said mobile and land telephone lines worked only sporadically in what appeared to be the worst disruption to communications in Syria since an uprising began 20 months ago.

Syria saw last major Internet outages in July and August this year, which lasted less than an hour at a time, and did not cut the country completely off from the web."

fvck

although frankly, im surprised this did not happen earlier.

Don't worry...they're only switching over to IPv6.....right guys? Right?

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although frankly, im surprised this did not happen earlier.

BossPerson

I suppose Assad has realized he cannot keep up the facade of normalcy any longer.

There have also been reports of disruptions at Damascus International.

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although frankly, im surprised this did not happen earlier.

jetpower3

I suppose Assad has realized he cannot keep up the facade of normalcy any longer.

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although frankly, im surprised this did not happen earlier.

BossPerson

I suppose Assad has realized he cannot keep up the facade of normalcy any longer.

I remember many times hearing western nations pledging secure communication equipment, even while ruling out lethal aid. Whatever happened to that?

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I suppose Assad has realized he cannot keep up the facade of normalcy any longer.

jetpower3

I remember many times hearing western nations pledging secure communication equipment, even while ruling out lethal aid. Whatever happened to that?

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