As someone with experience in the area, I can attest that loss of power is a likely cause or contributor.
NK On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 8:21 PM, Andrew Lewis <m...@andrewlew.is> wrote: > I'd say loss of power or something similar. I don't think they have > reliable generators. Wasn't Damascus without power for most of yesterday? > Or it could be an actual technical error within STE, everyone feeds to STE > before it heads overseas. > > Andrew > > On May 9, 2013, at 3:05 AM, Enrique Piraces <pira...@hrw.org> wrote: > > What type of technical error could have caused this? > > Thx > On May 8, 2013, at 10:55 AM, Rafal Rohozinski wrote: > > The SecDev's Syria Operations Group detected 60 of 67 net blocks > returning at 1600 hrs. local time. Connectivity is restored in most major > cities and governorates with the exception of those with damaged > infrastructure (see embedded map). Circumvention systems are back online. > > Sources in Syria suggest that the blackout may have been caused by a > technical error rather than intentionally. > > Further info at: https://www.facebook.com/Syrian.DS > > Rafal > > > On May 8, 2013, at 10:50 AM, Enrique Piraces <pira...@hrw.org> wrote: > > I see a few machines from Syrian Computer Society are accessible. > > > On May 8, 2013, at 10:16 AM, Walid AL-SAQAF wrote: > > Hi all, > > It seems connectivity is slowly returning to Syria. I noticed some > connections from MTN-SYRIA to my server. > Sincerely, > > Walid > > ----------------- > > Walid Al-Saqaf > Founder & Administrator > alkasir for mapping and circumventing cyber censorship > https://alkasir.com > > PGP: https://alkasir.com/doc/admin_alkasir_pub_key.txt > > > On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 11:19 AM, KheOps <khe...@ceops.eu> wrote: > > Morning/afternoon/evening all, > > Le 08/05/2013 09:54, Walid AL-SAQAF a écrit : > > Hi Brian, Tiago and other friends, > > I can confirm that users from Syria have stopped using my Alkasir > servers for accessing the Internet since yesterday at noon. Looking at > my records, it appears it stopped totally after noticing a decline in > the number of connections in recent days. It appears that what we feared > would happen has just happened. > > Let's keep monitoring to see if any are able to get online from Syria. > > > My DNS server traffic from Syria also dropped to zero. > > Some people have been working overnight to try to see if landlines still > work in some cities, to see if dialup can be used. > > Info has been gathered there: https://pad.hacktivist.me/p/landlines > > > Best, > KheOps > > > -- > Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by > emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > > -- > Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by > emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > > > -- > Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by > emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > > > -- > Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by > emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > > > -- > Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by > emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech > > > -- > Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by > emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech >
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