Re: ASNs decimation in ZW this morning

["C. A. Fillekes" <cfillekes () gmail com>]

On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 10:34 AM C. A. Fillekes <cfillekes () gmail com> wrote:

> So @meileaben on twitter this morning notes:
>
> Many #*Zimbabwe* <https://twitter.com/hashtag/Zimbabwe?src=hash> Internet
> routes withdrawn around 9:30 UTC amidst civil unrest in the country.
> near-realtime on #*RIPEstat*
> <https://twitter.com/hashtag/RIPEstat?src=hash> here: https://
> stat.ripe.net/ZW  <https://t.co/sgJ4O3310z> #*OpenNetworkIntelligence*
> <https://twitter.com/hashtag/OpenNetworkIntelligence?src=hash> #
> *ZimbabweShutdown* <https://twitter.com/hashtag/ZimbabweShutdown?src=hash>
>
> https://twitter.com/meileaben/status/1085118237157851136
>
> wondering if anyone here has additional info on that.  Looing at
> stat.ripe.net/ZW now it looks as though one (out of an original 18,
> current 9) ASN has recovered, but kind of curious as to what exactly
> happened there.

So Bloomberg notes that a number of ISPs were shut down to quell online
protest
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-15/by-killing-the-internet-zimbabwe-kills-commerce-and-the-lights
but are there no work-arounds available, if implemented?