Syria cut off from Internet: monitoring firms

Written By Unknown on Thursday 29 November 2012 | 08:45



Syria has effectively been cut off from the Internet, two US technology companies which monitor web traffic reported Thursday.


Syrian youths use computers at an internet cafe in Damascus. Syria has effectively been cut off from the Internet, two US technology companies which monitor web traffic reported Thursday.

Akamai, one of the firms which monitors global traffic, said traffic stopped from 1026 GMT, and that this supports the observation from another IT firm, Renesys, "that Syria is effectively off the Internet."













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Article source: http://www.thethailandlinks.com/2012/11/29/syria-cut-off-from-internet-monitoring-firms/
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