<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Dont underestimate the bandwidth cutting capacity of a truck full of soliders and an Egyptian equivalent of the UBD with the major telco's highlighted in red.</div><div><br></div><div>How many isp's in Sydney do you think you could knobble given those resources in two hours? (the period of the graph in question). How many do you think you could do with 4 trucks and an hours planning before hand?</div><div><br></div><div>I think though the mechanism is somewhat secondary. The fact that pretty much any time that governments messes with "teh internets" means they are acting agaisnt the interests of their people is the take home message.</div><div><br></div><div>Brad<br><br><br></div><div><br>On 28/01/2011, at 21:03, "Jay Mitchell" <<a href="mailto:jay@miscreant.org">jay@miscreant.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">On 28/01/2011, at 7:38 PM, "Brett O'Hara" <<a href="mailto:brett@fj.com.au"><a href="mailto:brett@fj.com.au">brett@fj.com.au</a></a>> wrote:</span><br></div><div><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><a href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5291/5395027368_7d97b74c0b_b.jpg"></a><a href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5291/5395027368_7d97b74c0b_b.jpg"><a href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5291/5395027368_7d97b74c0b_b.jpg">http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5291/5395027368_7d97b74c0b_b.jpg</a></a><div><br></div><div><a href="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5291/5395027368_7d97b74c0b_b.jpg"></a>You'd have to think the the sudden-ess and timing of the bgp announcements going away would suggest a cable station or other choke point has been turned off? Is there any other technical details out on the other lists?<div>
<br></div><div>Regards,</div><div> Brett<font class="Apple-style-span" color="#005001"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0023A3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.300781); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.234375); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.234375);"><br></span></font></span></font></div></div></div></blockquote><br><div>The consensus seems to be that if it was a cable cut more areas would be affected.</div><div><br></div><div>-jm</div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>AusNOG mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net">AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net</a></span><br><span><a href="http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog">http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>