There were reports circulating among Egyptian activists that the govt was about to shut down SMS, to continue with its crackdown on communications and the flow of information about protests.
Only few mins ago, I tried to send out a text message and it failed, and so did my mother, and so did other friends. I’m getting similar confirmation from other activists and journalists.
I called up Mobinil and the customer service claimed there were no problems whatsoever.
Meanwhile, Twitter and Facebook are still blocked, but we are using proxies.