Sentence examples for shut connectivity from inspiring English sources
Governments, from Egypt a few weeks ago, to Iran today, immediately shut connectivity down as protests emerged, speaking to the importance the technologies have.
Unlike the last time Libya went offline and the process used to shut down the connectivity in Egypt (where Internet service providers simply shut down their servers) someone has come up with a more technologically advanced way of taking the country offline this time.
In Egypt, where weeks ago former dictator Hosni Mubarak resorted to shutting down Internet connectivity to keep the opposition from organizing, the post-Mubarak cabinet has now opened an official FB page and an official Youtube channel in attempt to engage Internet savvy youth.
Comparisons are easy to make, protest can be organized and directed instantly and new research suggests that even government attempts to shut down internet or mobile phone connectivity may make matters worse.
According to the Associated Press, more than 41,000 Malaysians have also downloaded FireChat — the messaging app that was integral to Hong Kong's pro-democracy protests last year and which enables users to communicate without internet connectivity — in anticipation that the government might shut off the internet.
A government might significantly impair Internet connectivity by shutting down large providers, but there would still be a deep pool of persistent paths to the global Internet.
In a job where connectivity is key, I still manage to completely "go dark" once a week and shut down all my devices -- no Facebook, no Google, no nothing.
"Jonny, shut up, shut up.
