The political unrest in Egypt and its Internet blackout is all the buzz today in international matters. Several TUAW readers have written in asking if we had any advice for Mac users in Egypt to gain access to the Internet. The secret in a blacked-out country apparently lies in using cell phones for dial-up networking.
You'll find an excellent write-up for Windows users over at Manalaa.net. The write-up offers step-by-step how-to as well as a list of dial-up provider numbers based in the US and France. For Mac users, accessing dial-up Internet is a little more challenging.
As far as we can Google, dial-up Internet is not available on the iPhone. TUAW contacted MyWi developer Mario Ciabarra, who said that the technology was theoretic
