Egypt Shuts Down Internet, Cellphone Services

In the face of mounting political unrest, Egypt took the unprecedented step of severing all Internet connections and shutting down its cellphone services—with the cooperation of international firms.

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Sure enough I tried to access an egyption website, and it timed out.
Apparently dial-up can still work to access the interwebz out of Egypt. I don't think it will ever happen in Australia but maybe I should buy a dial-up modem just in case I feel like listening to it mate with my phone line again.