UPDATE: In the Slashdot comments, there's some dispute as to whether Iran is really cut off. Meanwhile, Richard Fernandez at The Belmont Club has thoughts on undersea cables.
ANOTHER UPDATE: Reader Clint Hutchison writes:
Regarding your recent post about Iran being cut off from the net, if you browse to http://router1.iust.ac.ir/, the node used for a benchmark at http://www.internettrafficreport.com/asia.htm, you get asked for a username and password to connect.
Perhaps Iran isn't cut off, but is battening down the hatches.
