It should have been 'no' too when the government wanted unlimited tapping abilities of internet traffic, instead the answer was 'how much?'.

Maybe ISP's in Egypt did, but they probably didn't have a choice in the matter! It's hard to argue with an armed police or a soldier or a regime who'll do anything to stay in power.

Also, when the government has a free hand to create legislation that allows them to do such a thing, it's hard not to comply without loosing one's business or life. Vodafone's been quoted as saying something to that affect:

"Under Egyptian legislation the authorities have the right to issue such an order and we are obliged to comply with it ... "

From: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/08dbe398-2abb-11e0-a2f3-00144feab4...