More detailed information/discussion from fellow geeks in NANOG (North American Network Operator Group). This is the go-to mailing list for me when anything weird happens on the internets.

Connectivity status for Egypt - http://mailman.nanog.org/pipermail/nanog/2011-January/031313... Egypt Telecom AS isolation - http://mailman.nanog.org/pipermail/nanog/2011-January/031377... 3500 Egyptian prefixes? - http://mailman.nanog.org/pipermail/nanog/2011-January/031407...