Mysteriously, the internet and SMS traffic came to a halt on Friday night or Saturday morning. I thought it was common and routine outage.
It was a big problem for us who follow college football and basketball.
Then it lasted in Sunday. Um!
The internet came back late Sunday night. Just in time for second games of the NFL.
Now it appears that the outage was deliberate. Still no SMS in Congo!
'As Congolese await the final results, the United Nations is urging political leaders to keep their supporters calm and refrain from disrupting the electoral process.
There is a feverish exchange of vote totals among Congolese, with many of the numbers gathered by SMS text messages, compiled, and then retexted as provincial or regional results.
But electoral commission president Daniel Ngoy-Mulunda says the only totals that matter are those to be announced by his commission, which is known as the CENI.'
It was a big problem for us who follow college football and basketball.
Then it lasted in Sunday. Um!
The internet came back late Sunday night. Just in time for second games of the NFL.
Now it appears that the outage was deliberate. Still no SMS in Congo!
'As Congolese await the final results, the United Nations is urging political leaders to keep their supporters calm and refrain from disrupting the electoral process.
There is a feverish exchange of vote totals among Congolese, with many of the numbers gathered by SMS text messages, compiled, and then retexted as provincial or regional results.
But electoral commission president Daniel Ngoy-Mulunda says the only totals that matter are those to be announced by his commission, which is known as the CENI.'
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