If it were not for satellite communication, the rest of the world would be left in the dark as to what is going on in Egypt. The government has turned off internet communication in that country with basically denying protocol that allowed Egypt to connect to the rest of the world via the internet, thus leaving its residents in the dark when it comes to communication with the outside world. The population in Egypt is approximately 77,232,905 as of 2010. Just how many people have been affected by the communication blackout is uncertain, but the end result is disturbing.

Cell phone communication has been halted also in several areas as Egypt’s government has ordered providers to shut it down. A company representative for Vodafone which runs a cell phone network in Egypt stated; “Under Egyptian legislation, the authorities have the right to issue such an order and we are obliged to comply.”

Egypt’s internet is not completely shutdown as the Egyptian Stuck Exchange website is still accessible from outside the country. This is the first time in history that a country has went to this extreme to block its citizens from communicating with the outside world a visa-versa. Although this action of a dictatorship does not surprise me in the least, it makes me wonder if it could happen there, is every country in the world capable of the same thing. Even in free nations like our own, can governments just shut communication down as done in Egypt? If so, is that type of control not only warranted, but acceptable?

Let me know what you think.

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