UPDATE 12-1-12: As of 14:32:10 UTC, Renesys reports that Syria is back onlineInformation coming out of Syria has slowed to a trickle in the wake of Thursday’s country-wide communications shutdown, which included nearly all Internet traffic and intermittent cellular network and landline outages. Earlier today, Renesys reported that...

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