Kamis, 03 Februari 2011

Block Internet, Egypt USD90 Million Loss

PARIS - The Egyptian government to block against a number of internet service for five days, to quell demonstrations in the country. As a result of this blockade, Egypt kerugiaan predicted to experience up to USD90 million. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) predicts collapse of Internet and telecommunication services in Egypt, causing great kerugiaan, because state revenues from the sector to reach 4 percent. This means, according to the OECD, Egypt experienced kerugiaan each day for $ 18 million. By cutting the telecommunications link, meaning the government has cut off ties between high-tech enterprise domestically and internationally and throughout the world. As a result, the OECD warned, Egypt may find difficulty lebi far in the future to attract foreign companies and convince them that the network would remain reliable. "We've never seen a country like Egypt which is really losing internet connectivity for an extended period," said Craig Labovitz, an analyst at Arbor Networks, told PC World, on Friday (02/04/2011). Previously, indeed, Internet traffic monitoring company BGPMon has confirmed that the internet in Egypt has been active again. The internet service providers (ISPs) in Egypt again connected the Internet a week after the Egyptian government ordered the termination of access. According to the BGPMon, signs of the internet the first time Egypt has been active at 9 tonight. Most ISPs announced the line Border Gateway Protocol, which allows the network to send and receive data traffic is automatically. Not only BGPMon that can monitor. Google was aware of its active internet in Egypt through a system of monitoring Internet traffic patterns through its global network.

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