The Internet blackout in Egypt serves as an excellent case study for the kind of disaster any IT department should be ready to face. Backup systems must be in place for the day when servers crash, a fire wipes out a server room, an earthquake destroys the entire business site, or in the case of Egypt, the government decides to shut down the Internet. But what about the road warrior?
Suppose you were (or still are) in Egypt and you need to communicate what is taking place to the rest of the world, or just want to check in with the office? One solution is slow yet often reliable dial-up Internet connectivity.

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