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On the other hand, the traceroute goes through London, see below and the 16th hop from the name suggest Alexandria and the 17th hop is close by.
One email to Bebo White sent from Egypt on 1/30/2011 9:50am PST indicates the Library of Alexandria appears to be an outpost of Intenet connectivity in Egypt (BA refers to the Biblioteka Alexandria or Library of Alexandra):
There is no internet access in the whole country. Only in BA! I'm there now to post statement on our website bibalex.org and will leave immediately before curfew starts. Pray for us
There is no internet access in the whole country. Only in BA! I'm there now to post statement on our website bibalex.org and will leave immediately before curfew starts. Pray for us
Noor Group http://www.noor.net/ (which is one of the major network services providers in Egypt) still appears to be online. Reported by http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2011/01/28/how-egypt-killed-the-internet/. It might be possible that the bibalex.org site is connected via this network or any other network in Egypt that is still accessible to the outside world.
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I have added it to the hosts we ping in Egypt.
One email to Bebo White sent from Egypt on 1/30/2011 9:50am PST indicates the Library of Alexandria appears to be an outpost of Intenet connectivity in Egypt (BA refers to the Biblioteka Alexandria or Library of Alexandra):
There is no internet access in the whole country. Only in BA! I'm there now to post statement on our website bibalex.org and will leave immediately before curfew starts. Pray for us
There is no internet access in the whole country. Only in BA! I'm there now to post statement on our website bibalex.org and will leave immediately before curfew starts. Pray for us.
The www.bibaex.org site has useful information on the state at the BA.