The article is really bad : a mixture of almost-technical information with some condescending analogies. TL;DR: internet is made of data flowing from your devi

The article is really bad : a mixture of almost-technical information with some condescending analogies. TL;DR: internet is made of data flowing from your device to the service you want to reach. In BL it goes through infrastructure controlled by the state. The state shut down the infrastructure and BL did not have internet. The article forgot to mention GSM data on borders from neighboring countries (one way some images were exfiltred) and satellite communications available to some (including some foreign companies that use it as a backup)