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BlackBerry Internet Service Reportedly Blocked In Egypt


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This just keeps getting worse. After blocking [url=http://techcrunch.com/2011/01/25/twitter-blocked-egypt/]Twitter[/url] and[url=http://techcrunch.com/2011/01/26/after-blocking-twitter-egypt-reportedly-starts-restricting-access-to-facebook/] Facebook[/url], it looks like the Egyptian government or carriers may have blocked Blackberry internet service as well. According to [url=http://twitter.com/#search?q=blackberry%20egypt]chatter on Twitter,[/url] internet access via Blackberry phones has been suspended. As we wrote in our previous reports, Egyptian protesters are filling the streets of Cairo to [url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/01/25/egypt.protests/]demonstrate against government corruption[/url] and policies. Similar to the recent protests in Tunisia, the Egyptian demonstrations were partly organized on social networks like Facebook and Twitter. And mobile internet access is a key channel through which protesters are connecting with each other.
It’s unclear of all BlackBerry services have been blocked. Some are [url=http://twitter.com/marmite_news/status/30660538262355968]reporting[/url] that users can still access Apps. Vodafone [url=http://twitter.com/VodafoneEgypt/status/29927017323433984]Tweeted early this week[/url] saying that Twitter had not been blocked but that it could be a network issue. But the [url=http://twitter.com/search?q=blackberry%20egypt]conversation on Twitter,[/url] which is updating at a rapid pace, indicating that the downtime it could be more than an overloaded network.

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then they will use other services..... @3$% @3$% @3$%

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