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RE: Iran cuts 95% of Internet traffic
From: "Keith Medcalf" <kmedcalf () dessus com>
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2019 12:28:10 -0700
"Internet penetration and complexity has vastly grown in Iran over the past decade, but the country’s users still connect to the global network through just two gateways. Both are controlled by the regime, and can be blocked when it chooses." "Access to the internet is gradually being restored in Iran after an unprecedented five-day shutdown that cut its population off from the rest of the world and suppressed news of the deadliest unrest since the country’s 1979 revolution."
Gradually? How long does it take to plug in a network connection and converge BGP? Like most things it is a matter of motivation. A gun held to the head will change "gradually" into "instantly" ... it can also change "instantly" into "gradually over the next week" depending on the requirements of he who holds the gun. -- The fact that there's a Highway to Hell but only a Stairway to Heaven says a lot about anticipated traffic volume.
Current thread:
- Re: Iran cuts 95% of Internet traffic, (continued)
- Re: Iran cuts 95% of Internet traffic Wayne Bouchard (Nov 18)
- Re: Iran cuts 95% of Internet traffic Sean Donelan (Nov 18)
- Re: Iran cuts 95% of Internet traffic Eric Kuhnke (Nov 19)
- Re: Iran cuts 95% of Internet traffic Eric Michaud (Nov 21)
- Re: Iran cuts 95% of Internet traffic Scott Weeks (Nov 18)
- Re: Iran cuts 95% of Internet traffic Matt Harris (Nov 18)
- RE: Iran cuts 95% of Internet traffic Tony Wicks (Nov 18)
- Re: Iran cuts 95% of Internet traffic Scott Fisher (Nov 18)
- Re: Iran cuts 95% of Internet traffic Ross Tajvar (Nov 18)
- Re: Iran cuts 95% of Internet traffic Matt Harris (Nov 18)
- RE: Iran cuts 95% of Internet traffic Keith Medcalf (Nov 21)