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Ethiopia's Government Has Shut Down the Internet in a State of Emergency
- M_Grey 10y agoWhat a shock that Calais is packed with, among other nationalities, Ethiopian people. To be honest, it seems like internet cutoffs are the least of the bad news coming out of that region on a daily basis.
- Overtonwindow 10y agoDoes anyone think this could happen on a larger scale? With the decentralization of DNS upon us, is it possible for a region to be cut off?
- MichaelBurge 10y agoIt's not only possible, but easy isn't it? Couldn't they just cut the cables leaving the country? The article mentions they targeted primarily mobile communications. Well, a quick Google search for a map shows only a couple dozen cell phone towers in Ethiopia, so it's not hard to seize them all. And China shows that it is perfectly capable of controlling internet access for a billion people.
- tefo-mohapi 10y agoAlready under 10 countries have shut down the internet in africa around election time. It is very possible
- etqwzutewzu 10y agoThey asked Trump who asked Bill Gates to "close up the internet".
- jamesblonde 10y agoI have taken on 2 guys in Addis to work on our startup. They have barely been online for 2 weeks and can't do their job. By the looks of things I might have to let them go. Sad for them and the country.
- sekou 10y agoI understand that global internet connectivity usually occurs through a large telecom in a lot of African countries and governments can shut down that connection, but I wonder if a focus on creating decentralized networks can help people continue to communicate directly with one another.
- bogomipz 10y agoHow would this work on mobile though? 802.11 mesh networks with P2P mobile? At some point you need to air interface on the tower to route anywhere beyond the local LAN no? And unfortunately as you've said these are government entity.