Egypt Communications Cut Ahead Of Further Protests

UPDATE: Egypt Communications Cut Ahead Of Further Protests - WSJ.com: "The Eygptian government's crackdown on protestors intensified Friday with access to most forms of mass communication, including the Internet, mobile and SMS down, even as United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warned that 'freedom of expression should be fully respected.'

As the country braced for huge anti-government protests on the traditional day of prayer, the government appeared to have unplugged most means of communication--including social network Facebook and Twitter--that activists had been using to coordinate action across the country.

Landline calls placed from outside the country, however, were connecting.

In a blog, U.S.-based Internet intelligence firm Renesys recorded how late Thursday it saw 'the virtually simultaneous withdrawal of all routes to Egyptian networks in the Internet's global routing table,' in what it called 'an action unprecedented in Internet history.'"

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