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It can mean government control over all IXPs in the country (including DPI hardware and a killswitch), and legal mandate for all ISPs in the country to use only
by tetromino_ 4y ago
It can mean government control over all IXPs in the country (including DPI hardware and a killswitch), and legal mandate for all ISPs in the country to use only government-controlled IXPs. So unless you have a satellite connection or a private microwave link to a friend's antenna on the other side of the border, you don't get internet.
- toast0 4y agoInternational dial-up is an option too. Although providers are getting fewer. If you've got a landline, a modem and a technically oriented friend outside the shutdown, it doesn't take too much to setup an iffy dialup server. Can't do a lot of surfing with those speeds today though.
- RegnisGnaw 4y agoIts not really an option. In the countries referenced by the article, the Government is the telecom monopoly or there is a few which will listen to the government. Its very simple to analyze calls to see if its voice or a modem. Guess what happens if its the later?