really sporadic. one hour one phone works, the next hour the other phone works. i have been communicating by making phone calls to my wife and she is tweeting for me. that s how i m staying connected, and that s how people here are doing it as well. they re calling people on the outside to send messages. what we re seeing here in alexandria today is by far the biggest demonstrations. we are seeing them in one square away from the city center close to a large army base but not on top of it. very close to it. people coming in from many different directions. it s very hard to put an exact figure on how many people would be here, but they are filling several large, wide, city streets. in excess of 20 thousand, poem tens of thousands still making their way to the square even though the curfew is in place. what s interesting to listen to today is the young activists behind the facebook, twitter