tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694856206932107103.post6047726466742188715..comments2023-10-24T08:47:01.972-05:00Comments on Democratizing the New Egypt: Governing the Egyptian InternetAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01203053744820864529noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694856206932107103.post-90018438270470627562011-03-14T15:24:33.134-05:002011-03-14T15:24:33.134-05:00@Kipsang. Repost away. happy you are doing so.
Yo...@Kipsang. Repost away. happy you are doing so. <br />You have a cool blog, can we exchange blogrolls? I can put your blog on my blogroll,and you can do the same.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01203053744820864529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694856206932107103.post-38028911991880601272011-03-14T15:18:05.361-05:002011-03-14T15:18:05.361-05:00Dear Warigia,
I would like to repost this article...Dear Warigia,<br /><br />I would like to repost this article followed by a link to your blog followed by publication on mine (http://kipsang.wordpress.com/)<br /><br />Hence this comment to ask your permission to do so.<br /><br />Looking forwaord to hearing from you!<br /><br />Kind regards,<br /><br />Kipsang.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694856206932107103.post-58501947060436061102011-03-01T07:00:31.449-06:002011-03-01T07:00:31.449-06:00it was interesting how what the government did of ...it was interesting how what the government did of cutting of the internet provoked more people to get out of their homes to join the protests.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02258887429683283980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694856206932107103.post-20326545145757712682011-03-01T02:37:47.528-06:002011-03-01T02:37:47.528-06:00Sure, I will send the whole research report to you...Sure, I will send the whole research report to your mail. It quantitatively explore the Arab region media habits; traditional and digital.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16704333114614314728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694856206932107103.post-75012913822994911292011-03-01T02:09:07.400-06:002011-03-01T02:09:07.400-06:00@Dalia, very learned comment. Can you send me the ...@Dalia, very learned comment. Can you send me the link?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01203053744820864529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694856206932107103.post-76752150239099380222011-02-28T15:38:19.149-06:002011-02-28T15:38:19.149-06:00Very nice article! I agree on the part that shutti...Very nice article! I agree on the part that shutting the internet actually led the people more to go to streets and participate in the revolution to know what is happening. Doing this action with educated young people will not get any results.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08206856879077066453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694856206932107103.post-17830517856001353582011-02-28T09:02:13.241-06:002011-02-28T09:02:13.241-06:00This piece is informative and lucid; I enjoyed rea...This piece is informative and lucid; I enjoyed reading every word and the “Next Steps” to a greater extent, thank you. I would also like to add that according to the Egyptian Cabinet Information and Decision Support Center internet users increased to 20% in 2010 which calculates more than 16.5 million internet users in Egypt and 50% of this number is represented in Greater Cairo where the revolution has emerged, Tahrir square. Therefore, can we really hypothesize that there is a direct relationship between cities with high number of internet users and uprising? But what about other cities or countries i.e. Yemen’s broadband penetration is 1% of households in 2009, informaTM- Arab media outlook.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16704333114614314728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694856206932107103.post-82526881168688527662011-02-28T04:28:17.751-06:002011-02-28T04:28:17.751-06:00@Perry, good point.@Perry, good point.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01203053744820864529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694856206932107103.post-15864989508849127732011-02-27T12:47:52.982-06:002011-02-27T12:47:52.982-06:00In the part where you talked about the impact, i l...In the part where you talked about the impact, i liked where you were saying that the main intention of shutting the internet was to slow down the protest. But actually the day before they shut down the internet and all sort of communication people organized and planned how are they going to meet. So what Moubarak did was unrealistic, because people wanted somethiing and whether they could communicate or not they managed to find a solution: "which is to go to Tahrir square and meet with all Egyptians".Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07814012939712424917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694856206932107103.post-12588244248375098382011-02-27T05:06:35.238-06:002011-02-27T05:06:35.238-06:00@Henry
In my revised version of this post, I ment...@Henry<br /><br />In my revised version of this post, I mention the need to buy VSATs. VSATs rely on a satellite based connection to the Internet. The broadband connection is not free, but it is secure from dictators.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01203053744820864529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694856206932107103.post-37147770640360287912011-02-26T18:43:12.530-06:002011-02-26T18:43:12.530-06:00While we're talking about technological fixes,...While we're talking about technological fixes, here's a concept. It's looking like democratic countries do better if the Internet is always "up." Dictatorships, oligarchies, and theocracies always want to be able to shut down the Internet whenever they don't like what's coming down the pipe to their citizens. So what we need, to advance the cause of democracy, is something like the GPS system. Space based satellites that anyone can access to get free broadband Internet and that nobody can shut down. The democratic nations of the world should just go ahead and pay to get that going. Clearly, at the moment, the idea is science fiction, but in my lifetime, lots of things that used to be science fiction, like the Internet, are now indispensable parts of the world economy.<br /><br />Henry Farkas, MD, MPHHenryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06134228576665704788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694856206932107103.post-86666339899522433212011-02-25T14:25:47.262-06:002011-02-25T14:25:47.262-06:00I like your 'Next Steps' section on expand...I like your 'Next Steps' section on expanding the internet connectivity.<br /><br />Regarding the Egyptian government disconnecting the internet and mobile connections, it was such a clumsy and LATE decision to take because the whole Egyptian public was already fueled and ready to take action. A smart government is one whose leadership is able to forecast early enough what will happen based on what started to happen and is currently happening. This is just in terms of forecast, but in terms of what it could have done that is another story :) <br /><br />Enjoyed your piece!Mustafa Al Ezzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07579399253074040018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8694856206932107103.post-17776526538338608362011-02-25T10:03:50.587-06:002011-02-25T10:03:50.587-06:00I liked the way you did your analysis regarding th...I liked the way you did your analysis regarding the issue under the title "impact" however there were so many other reasons for people to go out of their homes and join the masses in general streets! We can come up with a serious input to governance efforts in Egypt by incorporating what you mentioned "rights to telephony and Internet connectivity be incorporated into freedom of information guarantees" in Egypt and the whole world..nashwaghoneimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04941753854835028628noreply@blogger.com