{"id":6471,"date":"2013-05-10T11:35:01","date_gmt":"2013-05-10T15:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=6471"},"modified":"2013-05-10T11:35:01","modified_gmt":"2013-05-10T15:35:01","slug":"syria-loses-the-internet-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/syria-loses-the-internet-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Syria loses the Internet (again)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/SyriaMap.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6473\" alt=\"SyriaMap\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/SyriaMap-278x300.gif\" width=\"278\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/SyriaMap-278x300.gif 278w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/SyriaMap-92x100.gif 92w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 278px) 100vw, 278px\" \/><\/a>This week one of my favorite public radio programs, <a title=\"Marketplace\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marketplace.org\/topics\/tech\/why-syrias-internet-was-ripe-shutdown\" target=\"_blank\">Marketplace<\/a>,\u00a0aired an interview with\u00a0Matthew Prince, CEO of website security firm\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cloudflare.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">CloudFlare<\/a>. Marketplace&#8217;s host, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marketplace.org\/people\/kai-ryssdal\">Kai Ryssdal<\/a>,\u00a0asked Price why Syria&#8217;s Internet is so vulnerable to shut-down. You see, on Tuesday\u00a0Syria&#8217;s Internet had completely shut down by 2:48 PM EST and remained down for a total of 19 hours. Price&#8217;s explanation:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Certain countries have limited access to the internet. In the case of Syria, there are only four connection points, and they&#8217;re all run by the national Syrian telecommunications company.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Interesting. \u00a0Other countries that are similarly vulnerable include Greenland, Cuba, North Korea, Libya, and Tunisia.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/photo-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-6472 alignleft\" alt=\"photo (1)\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/photo-1-300x228.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/photo-1-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/photo-1-100x76.jpg 100w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/photo-1.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>A few months ago, I wrote a post on this very topic, entitled:\u00a0<a title=\"Syria stifles the Internet while Canada stifles shortwave\" href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/syria-stifles-the-internet-while-canada-stifles-shortwave\/\" target=\"_blank\">Syria stifles the Internet while Canada stifles shortwave<\/a>. I&#8217;m pleased and gratified that <em>Popular Communications Magazine<\/em> picked up my article; it&#8217;s\u00a0published in their April 2013 issue.<\/p>\n<p>Shortwave radio is not <em>the<\/em> solution to all communications needs, of course, but it is certainly the only international broadcast medium I know of that is impossible for a country like Syria to completely shut down. As I&#8217;ve said before, shortwave radio has no regard for national borders, requires no subscription, no apps, no computers, and is nearly impossible to trace to the individual(s) using it. \u00a0It is free speech, for free.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">For more insight into Syria&#8217;s insecure Internet, listen to this full segment from <em>Marketplace<\/em> via the embedded player below:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marketplace.org\/node\/90821\/player\/storyplayer\" height=\"200\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Tagged under our growing category: <a title=\"Why SW Radio?\" href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/tag\/why-shortwave-radio\" target=\"_blank\">Why Shortwave Radio<\/a>?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week one of my favorite public radio programs, Marketplace,\u00a0aired an interview with\u00a0Matthew Prince, CEO of website security firm\u00a0CloudFlare. Marketplace&#8217;s host, Kai Ryssdal,\u00a0asked Price why Syria&#8217;s Internet is so vulnerable to shut-down. You see, on Tuesday\u00a0Syria&#8217;s Internet had completely shut down by 2:48 PM EST and remained down for a total of 19 hours. Price&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[1925,1136,807,1924,84],"class_list":["post-6471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-apm-marketplace","tag-free-press","tag-freedom-of-information","tag-syria","tag-why-shortwave-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-1Gn","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16923,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/npr-european-pirate-radio-network-broadcasts-alternative-to-syrias-state-media\/","url_meta":{"origin":6471,"position":0},"title":"NPR: European Pirate Radio Network Broadcasts Alternative To Syria&#8217;s State Media","author":"Thomas","date":"January 20, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: NPR) A non-profit organization in Berlin has invented a small portable transmitter that can download satellite signals and rebroadcast them on FM for Syrians to listen to on their car or household radios. If this story sounds familiar, it's because\u00a0we posted something about the organization a few weeks ago.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Broadcasters&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Pocket-FM-Diagram-Berlin-Syria-Syrnet","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Pocket-FM-Diagram-Berlin-Syria-Syrnet.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Pocket-FM-Diagram-Berlin-Syria-Syrnet.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Pocket-FM-Diagram-Berlin-Syria-Syrnet.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Pocket-FM-Diagram-Berlin-Syria-Syrnet.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4954,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/syria-stifles-the-internet-while-canada-stifles-shortwave\/","url_meta":{"origin":6471,"position":1},"title":"Syria stifles the Internet while Canada stifles shortwave","author":"Thomas","date":"December 3, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"This past Saturday, I found the irony a bit much to take: on one hand, there was Syria, a highly volatile country struggling for stability, while on the other hand, there was...Canada? Both, on the same fateful day, effecting media shut downs. No doubt, most every Syrian with Internet access\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Broadcasters&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/sy-map-278x300.gif?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":55615,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/carlos-shortwave-art-and-recording-of-vatican-radio-february-6-2023-turkey-syria-earthquake\/","url_meta":{"origin":6471,"position":2},"title":"Carlos\u2019 Shortwave Art and recording of Vatican Radio (February 6, 2023&#8211;Turkey\/Syria Earthquake)","author":"Thomas","date":"February 6, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor and noted political cartoonist,\u00a0Carlos Latuff, who shares\u00a0his radio log art of Radio Vatican. 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