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Old 11-29-2012, 02:18 PM  
crockett
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Originally Posted by Rochard View Post
I always thought the Internet was created to survive a nuclear war...
Data centers can be turned off. Same thing happened in Egypt or one of the other countries that went through the uprising last year. They have also shut down other forms of communication out of the country, such as cell phones.

There is a topic on Reddit that is saying the Syrian govt shut down the internet and is in the middle of a massive military campaign to over though the rebels.

http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/c...ternet_all_84/

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