Egyptian ISPs are reconnecting to the internet this morning, approaching a week after the government ordered a blackout.
Reports that service is being restored are gradually emerging from across the country. It has has been almost completely cut off since last Thursday night. BGPMon, a networking firm which monitors internet traffic routing, said it "noticed the first signs of life from the previously unreachable Egyptian networks" at around 9.48am GMT. Most ISPs are have reannounced Border Gateway Protocol routes, which tell other networks how to send and receive their traffic, BGPMon said.
Google, which can also monitor internet traffic patterns via its global network, confirmed the move.
"Good news: Internet access being restored in Egypt," it said via Twitter.
The dominant search engine created a tool at the weekend to circumvent the blackout by automatically converting Egyptians' voicemail messages to Tweets.
