Internet services in Libya were cut at a time when growing protests against the country's leader Moammar Gadhafi, according to a U.S. company that monitors network traffic. Arbor Networks, based in Massachusetts, said data collected from 30 ISPs around the world showed that online traffic to and from Libya abruptly disconnected yesterday.
The data also showed partial disruption of service in the early hours of Friday. With the cut to network traffic, the regime attempts to suppress one of the great tools of the Libyan opposition demonstrations were successful in Tunisia and Egypt, with calls for street protests, which led to the fall of leaders.
The intermittent connection service according to user versions, the regime limited the communication between protesters through social networks like Facebook and Twitter, with results for users. Internet has been used in recent weeks by protesters in North Africa and Middle East to help coordinate their demonstrations.
Egyptian officials cut off Internet service for a few days during the riots last week managed to topple Hosni Mubarak. The situation has become increasingly chaotic in this North African nation, where 84 people have died because of the repression of demonstrations against Gadhafi, according to rights group Human Rights Watch.
Libya has a network of Internet users estimated at 353 000 900 (2009), which places the country in the 124 to place globally in terms of connected nations. Around 12 000 432 servers (estimated 2010) guarantee the Internet service in Libya. Of the six million 462 thousand inhabitants, 5.5% are internet users.
Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, are the most popular sites for communication between young people. Atrophy intermittent duty capacity to transmit messages on these sites. SOURCE: Central Intelligence Agency (CIA, in English) from USA. 
The data also showed partial disruption of service in the early hours of Friday. With the cut to network traffic, the regime attempts to suppress one of the great tools of the Libyan opposition demonstrations were successful in Tunisia and Egypt, with calls for street protests, which led to the fall of leaders.
The intermittent connection service according to user versions, the regime limited the communication between protesters through social networks like Facebook and Twitter, with results for users. Internet has been used in recent weeks by protesters in North Africa and Middle East to help coordinate their demonstrations.
Egyptian officials cut off Internet service for a few days during the riots last week managed to topple Hosni Mubarak. The situation has become increasingly chaotic in this North African nation, where 84 people have died because of the repression of demonstrations against Gadhafi, according to rights group Human Rights Watch.
Libya has a network of Internet users estimated at 353 000 900 (2009), which places the country in the 124 to place globally in terms of connected nations. Around 12 000 432 servers (estimated 2010) guarantee the Internet service in Libya. Of the six million 462 thousand inhabitants, 5.5% are internet users.
Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, are the most popular sites for communication between young people. Atrophy intermittent duty capacity to transmit messages on these sites. SOURCE: Central Intelligence Agency (CIA, in English) from USA.
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