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What Egypt Shutting Down the Internet Looks Like

What's this blog post about?

On January 29, 2011, Egypt shut down its internet services, resulting in a significant drop in traffic from the country to CloudFlare's network. The event demonstrated both the power and fragility of internet access. The thoughts of the CloudFlare team are with the citizens of Egypt, hoping for a swift resolution to the conflict and a return to normalcy online.

Company
Cloudflare

Date published
Jan. 29, 2011

Author(s)
Matthew Prince

Word count
150

Hacker News points
None found.

Language
English


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