Libya Cuts Off Internet Service: Network Monitor

[Hissyspit]

Source: Reuters

Libya cuts off Internet service: network monitor
LOS ANGELES | Sat Feb 19, 2011 6:20pm EST

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Internet service has been cut off in Libya as protesters step up demonstrations against longtime leader Muammar Gaddafi, according to a U.S. company that monitors Internet traffic.

Massachusetts-based Arbor Networks said data collected from 30 Internet providers around the world showed that online traffic in and out of Libya was disconnected abruptly at 7:15 p.m. EST on Friday.

The data also showed two partial service interruptions earlier in the day.

It was unclear if service was still unavailable.

Read more: http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE71G0A620110219?WT.tsrc=Social%20Media&ca=rdt

[Drunken Irishman]

1. Didn't Bush reach out to Gaddafi a few years ago?

[drm604]

2. People on Twitter are claiming that Qadaffi is using missiles against the protestors.

http://twitter.com/search?q=libya#search?q=libya%20missiles

I obviously have no idea if it's true or just a spreading rumor.

[Hissyspit]

3. kick nt