Several Commercial Sites Blocked Temporarily By U.S Military for Japanese Recovery Efforts

News from cnn.com

U.S. Military temporarily blocked access to several popular commercial websites to free up significant amount of bandwidth for use in recovery efforts in Japan, according to the e-mail send to CNN which was confirmed by the U.S Strategic Command Spokesperson. 

The sites are not chosen because of their content and their popularity over the Internet, they are chosen because of their popularity and use of bandwidth over the U.S Military , in a statement from U.S Military Strategic Command Spokesperson Rodney Ellison.

The reason U.S Military made such move is to allocate necessary bandwidth and to make it available for use in military operation in Japan. 

Overall, there are 13 commercial websites temporarily blocked by the U.S Military:

• Amazon.com
• Doubleclick.com
• eBay.com
• ESPN.go.com
• Eyewonder.com
• Googlevideo.com
• Ifilm.com
• Metacafe.com
• Mtv.com
• Myspace.com
• Pandora.com
• streamtheworld.com
• Youtube.com

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