
The graph above shows the internet going off in Egypt as if someone threw a few switches (although it was probably the result of a few phone calls to the big providers).
Wired has the story. The only parts left on (representing the trickle of traffic in the chart above) served the Egyptian stock market and some government ministries.

Frightening.
And we were singing “Bye, Bye Miss American Pie. . .”
Somebody’s gonna get hurt.
Now it appears the stock market net (Noor) is down as well:
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/01/egypts-internet-blackout-gets-even-blacker.ars
and for a dsicussion of could it occur here and how it likely did there :
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/01/how-egypt-or-how-your-government-could-shut-down-the-internet.ars