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Ben Royce 馃嚭馃嚘
@benroyce@mastodon.social  路  activity timestamp 5 days ago

Cutting off #Internet access for #authoritarian control is entrenched in #Russia

People talk about #meshNetworks. But Russians have decided on another approach:

pagers

radios

landline phones

Maybe the #revolution *will* be televised: it can't be streamed

I do enjoy myself some #SwanLake

"sales of pagers... saw a 73% increase compared to the same period in February. Radio sales rose by 27%, and landline phone sales grew by 25%"

https://united24media.com/latest-news/moscow-reverts-to-90s-communication-tools-as-internet-outages-cause-chaos-16800

UNITED24 Media

Moscow Reverts to 90s Communication Tools as Internet Outages Cause Chaos

Moscow outages drive demand for pagers, radios and landlines; businesses adapt as authorities cite security amid Russia鈥檚 war on Ukraine.
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