Egyptians are reaching out to each other and the world with a mix of old-fashioned dial-up modems

When Egypt cut the Internet off for the vast majority of its citizens, the Egyptian government did a frighteningly good job of turning off the Internet. But, despite the government’s efforts, in the days that have followed Egyptians are reaching out to each other and the world with a mix of old-fashioned dial-up modems and satellite Internet.
Make no mistake about it, the Egyptian government did what they intended to do: They’ve cut their people from using the modern broadband Internet. Using cobbled together technology, however, Egyptian Internet users has continued on.
Thanks to dial-up modems, some Egyptians are able to login to international modem pools outside the government’s control. Internet activist groups like Werebuild and Telecomix are publishing lists of international modem-dial up numbers.

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