Dialup modem service for people in Egypt!!!

asala asked me to post this as a thread so that more people in Egypt might see it. Please move to whatever forum you deem appropriate.

Originally posted by asala
Telecomix is providing dialup modem service for people in Egypt: +46850009990 user/pass: telecomix/telecomix..

News agencies saying to share that with the people who may still have some access

wow back to dial-up . Will the americas be ready once its our time to revolt ? I hope so people ! # is gonna hit the fan things are gonna get nasty and dirty but all we can do is be together with one vision

reply to post by ~Lucidity


Although it's most likely just a marketing attempt it is a nice gesture.

American Officials, Tech Groups Urge Egypt To Restore Communications

There seem to be a number of ways to also get on facebook and twitter for them,

Via katie on the main thread a face book people posting ways there too,

www.facebook.com...

At least they now have some sort of internet even though its slow its still something, although i still think a good lot of information is coming out regardless of the media and internet blackout.

StrangeyD

Hmmm...watch out for Jordan. Check this out english.aljazeera.net...

reply to post by seedofchucky


55% of Americans have no access to high speed internet. Once you leave the cities there is none. Or in one apartment I lived in a few years ago, you could get it across the street, but not on our side.

Anyways. Is this a scam where everyone uses this Swedish number, then when things calm down.... they get sent a big ol' bill for a very long distance call???

Egypt's Internet disconnect reaches 24 hours

reply to post by Rockpuck


I don't know. How can we find out? I would imagine normal toll charges might apply and that the people dialing out would know.

Here's what appears to be one of their sites.... status.telecomix.org...

Egyptians Use Low-Tech Gadgets to Get Around Communications Block

Oh boy...this guy on al Jazeera just said that by turning off the internet the government gave the Egyptian people nothing else to do but take to the streets. That it backfired on the government. There's probably a lot of validity in this statement.

Blackberry and cell service returns to Egypt, Least that is something..

Technology is not God.

Why is the world pushing technology in Egypt?

They have bigger issues right now.

reply to post by asala

That's great! It's been over 24 hours now...

reply to post by zroth

Being able to get word in and out of a country when something like this is happening can make a world of difference. Knowing that people in the world are aware of what is happening and whether there is support or (in some cases) help coming can go a long way toward shoring up the human spirit. Perhaps you don't remember what happened with Lebanon 5 or 6 years ago. The outcry from the world had a huge influence on that situation. Hope that helps.

In Romania back in 1989 we solved the communication problem by taking over the state television as a first step of the revolution..

reply to post by ~Lucidity


That's the truth though honestly.. if they took our internet away, we might (might) just have the nerve to go out and protest.

For now, we are content to bicker online though, even though 3 years into this depression nothing has changed.

reply to post by Romanian

Wonder if they thought of that! Tweet it with the keywords Egypt and newstations. There's no mention of it anywhere that I can find.

reply to post by Rockpuck

Technology's such a double-edged sword!

Just an update (and a bump).

Tech world stunned at Egypt's Internet shutdown

WaPo: In Egypt, should Internet access be an inalienable right?

WSJ: Egypt Shuts Down Internet, Cellphone Services

reply to post by ~Lucidity


Very interesting.

The other day I was sorting...and came across a cd with dial up service.
Was tossing it, but for some reason I decided at the last minute to keep it.

Government will be hard pressed to cut off land lines, thats near criminal.

There is nearly always a work around. Keep those IP numbers handy.

For we never know.

S&F