(CNN) -- Libya is the latest North African country to experience internet trouble as democratic protests continue to sweep the region. The massive Saharan country, long controlled by the dictator Moammar Gadhafi, has suffered "rolling blackouts" of its internet connections during the regime's ongoing violent crackdown on protestors, according to the internet traffic monitor Renesys. The cause of these internet service cuts, however, remains uncertain. Possibilities include a government crackdown, an internet traffic overload or simple power outages, said Jim Cowie, Renesys' co-founder. "If this had happened in any other country I might have said, 'Oh, that's just a provider. Maybe they had a power outage in their data center and their servers wouldn't start up," he said.
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Libya experiences "rolling blackouts" in internet access
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The cause of these outages remains unclear
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CNN reporter says internet access has been cut
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Traffic monitors say access has been sporadic, cut most often at night
International internet traffic to and from Libya was shut down on Saturday morning from about 1 to 8 a.m. and again on Sunday during the same timeframe, according to @placeholder' analysis, which was posted on the company's blog and is based on traffic data the company collects from internet service providers around the world.