Cutting off the Internet: Mubarak’s big mistake

“At 22:34 GMT, Renesys observed the virtually simultaneous withdrawal of all routes to Egyptian networks in the Internet’s global routing table.”

Is this seriously a sensible way to stop a revolution? I’m sure Mr. Mubarak’s security forces know more about oppression than me, but it looks like a terrible mistake.

This is, in part, a revolution of demographics: half of Egypt’s population is under 25, and many of them are unemployed. Does Mr. Mubarak seriously think that cutting off unemployed young men from their supply of pornography is going to make them less angry?